Derek Winnert

Ms. 45 [Angel of Vengeance] *** (Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys) – Classic Movie Review 10,318

‘She was abused and violated. It will never happen again!’ A timid, mute Manhattan woman called Thana (Zoë Lund) gets raped twice after coming home from work, then dresses suggestively, cruises the streets and wreaks […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

Much Ado About Nothing *** (1993, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale) – Classic Movie Review 10,317

Writer-director Kenneth Branagh again brings William Shakespeare to mainstream audiences with his 1993 hit adaptation of hit Much Ado About Nothing. It is a very jovial romp through Shakespeare’s attractive lightweight romance, filmed with much […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

The Mudlark *** (1950, Irene Dunne, Alec Guinness, Andrew Ray) – Classic Movie Review 10,316

Director Jean Negulesco’s 1950 British film The Mudlark stars the American actress Irene Dunne, who was a shock choice as Queen Victoria, but she is fine, emoting away in her cotton-wool cheeks and rubber cladding. […]

Sep, 17

Romeo and Juliet [Giulietta e Romeo] * (1954, Laurence Harvey, Susan Shentall, Flora Robson, Mervyn Johns , Bill Travers) – Classic Movie Review 10,315

Writer-director Renato Castellani’s 1954 UK/Italy film Romeo and Juliet [Giulietta e Romeo] stars Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall as William Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers. Shakespeare’s play is adapted for the screen by Castellani. After a shaky […]

Sep, 16

The Running Man *** (1963, Laurence Harvey, Lee Remick, Alan Bates) – Classic Movie Review 10,314

Director Carol Reed’s 1963 film The Running Man is a sedate and therefore undervalued Sixties thriller about English pilot scoundrel Rex Black (Laurence Harvey) faking his own death in a glider crash to defraud the […]

Sep, 16

Miss Robin Hood ** (1952, Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, Michael Medwin, Peter Jones, James Robertson Justice, Sidney James, Reg Varney, Dora Bryan, Eunice Gayson, Edward Lexy) – Classic Movie Review 10,313

Director John Guillermin’s 1952 black and white film Miss Robin Hood stars Richard Hearne as girls’ story writer Henry Wrigley, who teams up with a dizzy fan, an old lady called Miss Honey (Margaret Rutherford), […]

Sep, 16

Missing in Action ** (1984, Chuck Norris, M Emmet Walsh, David Tress) – Classic Movie Review 10,312

The 1984 Vietnam War action film Missing in Action established Chuck Norris as a major action star in the 1980s. Director Joseph Zito’s 1984 film Missing in Action stars Chuck Norris, who chucks himself back […]

Sep, 16

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