Derek Winnert

Breaking In *** (1989, Burt Reynolds, Casey Siemaszko, Sheila Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 10,358

The likeable 1989 crime comedy thriller Breaking In presents an unexpected pairing – Scotland’s Bill Forsyth directing and Burt Reynolds starring as the veteran professional safe-cracker Ernie who bumps into young amateur thief Mike (Casey Siemaszko), while also […]

Sep, 28 · in Reviews

The Brass Legend **½ (1956, Hugh O’Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 10,357

Director Gerd Oswald’s 1956 independently made black and white Western film The Brass Legend stars Hugh O’Brian as Sheriff Wade Adams, who sets out to rescue his fiancée Linda Gipson (Nancy Gates)’s kid brother, the […]

Sep, 28 · in Reviews

Brass Target **½ (1978, Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan, Robert Vaughn) – Classic Movie Review 10,356

Director John Hough’s fanciful 1978 MGM political action thriller Brass Target, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan, re-writes history and is low on credibility rating, but there is such a pile-up […]

Sep, 28

Across the Universe **** (2007, Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, T V Carpio) – Classic Movie Review 10,355

Director Julie Taymor’s glorious 2007 musical romantic drama film Across the Universe incorporates 33 compositions originally written by members of the Beatles, and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, T V Carpio Dana […]

Sep, 27

Immortal Beloved * (1994, Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini, Marco Hofschneider) – Classic Movie Review 10,354

Writer-director Bernard Rose’s fumbled 1994 film Immortal Beloved is a plush but pretty tedious historical biopic, with Gary Oldman bravely battling miscasting as musical ‘genius’ Ludwig van Beethoven, with the mystery of the composer’s Unsterbliche […]

Sep, 26

Immoral Tales [Contes Immoraux] *** (1973, Lise Danvers, Fabrice Luchini, Charlotte Alexandra) – Classic Movie Review 10,353

Writer-director Walerian Borowczyk’s 1974  erotic art film Immoral Tales [Contes Immoraux] tells four ‘immoral’ tales (Contes Immoraux), in which a quartet of women from different historical epochs explore aspects of female sexuality in relation to […]

Sep, 26

Impasse * (1969, Burt Reynolds, Anne Francis, Vic Diaz, Jeff Corey, Lyle Bettger, Rodolfo Acosta) – Classic Movie Review 10,352

‘There are two ways to claim a fortune – KILL FOR IT! DIE WITH IT!’ Director Richard Benedict’s thin and muddled 1969 film Impasse stars Burt Reynolds as Pat Morrison, who seeks out the $3 […]

Sep, 26

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