Derek Winnert

Hard Contract *** (1969, James Coburn, Lee Remick, Lilli Palmer, Burgess Meredith, Patrick Magee, Sterling Hayden, Helen Cherry, Karen Black) – Classic Movie Review 10,210

Writer-director S Lee Pogostin’s 1969 thriller Hard Contract stars James Coburn, who is ideally cast in a quintessential role as John Cunningham, the cold-blooded American assassin who goes to Europe for one last hit, but […]

Aug, 22 · in Uncategorized

Grandview, USA *** (1984, Jamie Lee Curtis, C Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Troy Donahue, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 10,209

Director Randal Klesier’s 1984 coming-of-age teen drama Grandview, USA stars C Thomas Howell as Tim Pearson, a fleeing 18-year-old school-leaver who arrives in the fictional Grandview in the Mid-West and meets older woman ‘Mike’ Cody […]

Aug, 21 · in Uncategorized

Grandma’s Boy **** (1922, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 10,208

Director Fred C Newmeyer’s 1922 Grandma’s Boy stars Harold Lloyd (for his first feature), who shines in his silent-comedy tale of grandma’s boy, a hopeless coward and country bumpkin (Lloyd, of course) whose grandpa (also […]

Aug, 21

Les Grandes Manoeuvres [Summer Manoeuvres] **** (1955, Michèle Morgan, Gérard Philipe, Jean Desailly, Yves Robert, Brigitte Bardot) – Classic Movie Review 10,207

Director René Clair’s enchanting, exquisitely handled pre-World War One romantic comedy-drama Les Grandes Manoeuvres [Summer Manoeuvres] (1955), haunted with tragic emotions, is set in a French provincial garrison town. There Le lieutenant Armand de la Verne […]

Aug, 21

Grand Slam **** (1967, Janet Leigh, Edward G Robinson, Robert Hoffmann, Klaus Kinski, George Rigaud, Riccardo Cucciolla, Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 10,206

The 1967 Italian heist thriller film Grand Slam [Ad Ogni Costo] stars Edward G Robinson as a mild-mannered American teacher, who retires and assembles a team of international crooks to pull off a $10 million […]

Aug, 21

The Woman in Black * (2012, Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer, Ciarán Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 10,205

The tame ghost story film The Woman in Black (2012) is sparked up by Daniel Radcliffe’s strong central performance. The Woman in Black (2012) is an exceptionally dull and tame ghost story that has little […]

Aug, 21

Cobb **** (1994, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Wuhl, Lolita Davidovich) – Classic Movie Review 10,204

Tommy Lee Jones scores as baseball’s greatest hitter, the game’s most feared and hated player, in writer-director Ron Shelton’s compelling 1995 sports biopic Cobb, based on the article and book by Al Stump. All-time baseball […]

Aug, 20

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