Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

We Were Strangers *** (1949, Jennifer Jones, John Garfield, Pedro Armendáriz, Ramon Novarro, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 9961

Director John Huston’s 1949 We Were Strangers stars John Garfield as Tony Fenner, who helps a 1930s Cuba plot to overthrow the tyrannical and despotic government of President Machado by blowing up a cemetery at […]

Jun, 26 · in Reviews

Son of Godzilla [Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko] * (1967, Tadao Takashima, Akira Kubo, Beverly Maeda) – Classic Movie Review 9960

Son of Godzilla [Kaijûtô no kessen: Gojira no musuko] (1967) is the second of five films in the series directed by Jun Fukuda (1923–2000). Another island themed Japanese kaiju film adventure, it is the eighth film […]

Jun, 26 · in Reviews

Susana [The Devil and the Flesh] **** (1951, Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Víctor Manuel Mendoza) – Classic Movie Review 9959

Director Luis Buñuel’s splendid 1951 film drama Susana [Susana, demonio y carne] [The Devil and the Flesh] was filmed fast in black and white in Mexico and is the story of Susana (Rosita Quintana), an […]

Jun, 25

The Brute [El Bruto] **** (1953, Pedro Armendáriz, Katy Jurado, Rosita Arenas, Andrés Soler) – Classic Movie Review 9958

The 1953 drama The Brute [El Bruto] was filmed fast by Luis Buñuel in Mexico, with intriguing performances and a fiery mood. Buñuel’s complex, heated, highly charged tale is of a none-too-intelligent meat-packing giant, Pedro […]

Jun, 25

The Kids Are Alright **** (1979, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle) – Classic Movie Review 9957

Director Jeff Stein’s essential and electrifying 1979 time capsule rockumentary film The Kids Are Alright showcases the English rock band The Who (Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, John Entwistle) and includes live performances, promotional […]

Jun, 25

Buddy’s Song *** (1991, Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce, Michael Elphick, Douglas Hodge) – Classic Movie Review 9956

Director Claude Whatham’s 1991 Buddy’s Song stars Roger Daltrey as Terry Clark, a middle-aged rocker who fights with his yuppie wife Carol (Sharon Duce) and teaches his aspiring teenage son, the eponymous Buddy (Chesney Hawkes), how […]

Jun, 24

McVicar ***½ (1980, Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell, Billy Murray, Georgina Hale, Steven Berkoff, Ian Hendry) – Classic Movie Review 9955

The Britain’s Public Enemy Number One man himself, John McVicar, adapts his own book about his days as a dangerous criminal, his jailbreaks and his rehabilitation. Director Tom Clegg’s 1980 crime thriller McVicar is a […]

Jun, 24

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