Derek Winnert

Beau Ideal ** (1931, Ralph Forbes, Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Frank McCormick, George Rigas) – Classic Movie Review 10,596

Percival Christopher Wren’s 1927 novel Beau Ideal is adapted by RKO Radio Pictures into a rather feeble and uninvolving talkie follow-up to the silent classics Beau Geste and (1926) Beau Sabreur (1928), with John Geste […]

Nov, 28 · in Reviews

Beau Sabreur (1928, Gary Cooper, Evelyn Brent, Noah Beery Sr, William Powell, Roscoe Karn) – Classic Movie Review 10,595

In this 1928 Paramount silent version of Percival Christopher Wren’s famous story Beau Sabreur, young Gary Cooper stars as Beau, the French officer who is despatched by his uncle-general (Frank Reicher) to fight the Riffs […]

Nov, 28 · in Reviews

Terminal Velocity *** (1994, Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 10,594

Director Deran Sarafian’s 1994 action mystery movie Terminal Velocity stars Charlie Sheen, who twinkles as aerial instructor Ditch Brodie, who finds himself taking beautiful skydiving pupil Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski) on a dangerous rollercoaster of spills […]

Nov, 27

The Arrival *** (1996, Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff) – Classic Movie Review 10,593

Director David N Twohy’s 1996 US/ Mexico movie The Arrival is an enjoyable, surprising and neatly done sci-fi thriller, with expert handling, plenty of tension and an eerie tone. Charlie Sheen is effective as Zane […]

Nov, 27

The Second Arrival * (1998, Patrick Muldoon, Jane Sibbett, Michael Sarrazin) – Classic Movie Review 10,592

‘Stop Watching The Skies… Start Watching Your Back. The Secret Is Out.’ Director Kevin Tenney’s 1998 Canadian sci-fi thriller Arrival II [The Second Arrival] is the dreary, plodding and unimaginative sequel to The Arrival (1996), […]

Nov, 27

Arrowhead *** (1953, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Katy Jurado, Brian Keith) – Classic Movie Review 10,591

Forceful acting from Charlton Heston, as a dashing but racist US Cavalry Chief of Scouts called Ed Bannon, and Jack Palance, as Toriano, the Apache chief he clashes with, enlivens writer-director Charles Marquis Warren’s rugged, […]

Nov, 27

The Art of Love *** (1965, James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Elke Sommer, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner) – Classic Movie Review 10,590

‘Two nimble American rascals turn Paris on its ear!!!’ Screen-writer Carl Reiner’s inventive 1965 Paris-set black comedy The Art of Love about a broke American artist called Paul Sloane (Dick Van Dyke) who fakes suicide […]

Nov, 27

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