Derek Winnert

East of Elephant Rock *** (1976, John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Judi Bowker, Christopher Cazenove, Anton Rodgers) – Classic Movie Review 10,774

Writer-producer-director Don Boyd’s 1976 British independent drama film East of Elephant Rock is his second feature following the 1975 Intimate Reflections, with his screenplay based on a treatment by journalists Richard Boyle and James Atherton, […]

Jan, 10 · in Reviews

East of Sumatra *** (1953 Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball) – Classic Movie Review 10,773

‘For her savage kisses… he plundered the last forgotten corner of the earth!’ Westerns director Budd Boetticher makes an effective job of a run-of-the-mill action yarn about tough tin-miner Duke Mullane (Jeff Chandler) clashing with […]

Jan, 10 · in Reviews

Sunstruck *** (1972, Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Dawn Lake, Peter Whittle, Bobby Limb) – Classic Movie Review 10,772

Director James Gilbert’s 1972 Australian romantic comedy drama Sunstruck stars Harry Secombe, who is ideally cast as Stanley Evans, an amiable but reticent Welsh teacher who acts on a poster he sees offering work in […]

Jan, 09

Surprise Package ** (1960, Yul Brynner, Mitzi Gaynor, Noël Coward) – Classic Movie Review 10,771

Producer-director Stanley Donen’s 1960 British film Surprise Package is an off-the-wall comedy set on a Greek semi-tropical island, which is home to both a New York hoodlum, Nico March (Yul Brynner) and a European royal […]

Jan, 09

True History of the Kelly Gang** (2019, George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult ) – Movie Review

Director Justin Kurzel’s 2019 Aussie outlaw epic True History of the Kelly Gang starts with a screenplay by Shaun Grant that is based on Peter Carey’s novel re-telling, totally fancifully, the story of Australian bushranger […]

Jan, 09

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? *** (1970, Tony Curtis, Brian Keith, Ernest Borgnine, Don Ameche) – Classic Movie Review 10,770

If you like the wacky Sixties title Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?, you might like director Hy Averback’s uneven and unwieldy 1970  army satire about a trio of US tank buddies (Tony […]

Jan, 09

Empire State ** (1987, Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Glen Murphy, Ian Sears, Martin Landau, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 10,769

Director Ron Peck’s 1987 crime thriller Empire State is an intriguing attempt to bring the American gangster style to Britain in an adult yarn about a young Yankee mobster arriving at the title nightclub to […]

Jan, 08

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