Derek Winnert

That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] ** (1955, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 10,306

Director Terence Young’s 1955 British-Spanish historical adventure That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] is an intriguing but largely disappointing Middle Ages costume-drama with Philip II (Paul Scofield), the King of Spain, abusing his position in […]

Sep, 14 · in Reviews

Timeslip ** (1955, Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne) – Classic Movie Review 10,304

Director Ken Hughes’s weird 1956 British sci-fi espionage thriller film Timeslip [The Atomic Man] stars Gene Nelson and Faith Domergue as a US newsman and his girlfriend, who stumble across a near-drowned man, who turns […]

Sep, 14 · in Reviews

Under Fire ****½ (1983, Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Ed Harris) – Classic Movie Review 10,303

The sizzling 1983 film Under Fire is an absolutely thrilling, first-rate political action thriller about the Nicaragua conflict in 1979, with Gene Hackman and Nick Nolte at their best as compromised newsmen. Director Roger Spottiswoode’s […]

Sep, 14

And the Band Played On ***** (1993, Matthew Modine, Alan Alda, Ian McKellen, Richard Gere, Lily Tomlin, Patrick Bauchau) – Classic Movie Review 10,302

The urgent and timely 1993 American TV docudrama film And the Band Played On is directed by Roger Spottiswoode, who turns Randy Shilts’s controversial book about how and why the AIDS crisis happened into a […]

Sep, 14

That Certain Summer **** (1972, Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen, Scott Jacoby, Hope Lange, Joe Don Baker) – Classic Movie Review 10,301

Director Lamont Johnson’s 1972 American made-for-TV drama film That Certain Summer, written by Richard Levinson and William Link, is a pioneer as the first to deal sympathetically with homosexuality. As well as being a historic […]

Sep, 14

Badlands of Dakota *** (1941, Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix, Frances Farmer, Hugh Herbert, Andy Devine, Lon Chaney Jr) – Classic Movie Review 10,300

Director Alfred E Green’s well above just run-of-the-range 1941 Universal Pictures black and white Western film Badlands of Dakota stars Robert Stack, Broderick Crawford, Ann Rutherford, Richard Dix and Frances Farmer. Stack plays wastrel Jim Holliday, […]

Sep, 13

Badmen of Tombstone **½ (1949, Barry Sullivan, Marjorie Reynolds, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 10,299

Director Kurt Neumann’s 1949 robust, enjoyable black and white action adventure crime Western film Badmen of Tombstone from King Brothers Productions stars Broderick Crawford, Barry Sullivan and Marjorie Reynolds, and is based on the novel […]

Sep, 13

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