Derek Winnert

Sweeney 2 *** (1978, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Denholm Elliott, Barry Stanton, Nigel Hawthorne, Georgina Hale) – Classic Movie Review 8744

Director Tom Clegg’s 1978 Sweeney 2 is the slightly disappointing, less good sequel to the successful 1977 big-screen movie spinoff Sweeney! from the hit John Thaw and Dennis Waterman TV series. The London Flying Squad […]

Jul, 22 · in Uncategorized

Sweeney! **** (1977, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster, Ian Bannen, Colin Welland, Michael Coles, Joe Melia, Diane Keen) – Classic Movie Review 8,743

Detectives in London’s Metropolitan Police Flying Squad find political dirty deeds are behind a suicide, in the 1977 British movie Sweeney!, a successful spin-off from the John Thaw and Dennis Waterman TV show. Detectives in […]

Jul, 22 · in Reviews

The Lion King *** (2019, voices of Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen) – Movie Review

The lion’s share of praise for The Lion King (2019) must go to its incredible technical achievement. It looks and sounds truly amazing. So huge praise and kudos go to the visual effects and animator […]

Jul, 21

I Vinti [The Vanquished] **** (1953, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Etchika Choureau, Franco Interlenghi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Patrick Barr, Fay Compton, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 8742

Director Michelangelo Antonioni’s thematically linked 1953 anthology drama I Vinti [The Vanquished] stars Jean-Pierre Mocky, Etchika Choureau, Franco Interlenghi, Anna Maria Ferrero, Patrick Barr, Fay Compton and Eduardo Ciannelli. It tells three stories about well-off […]

Jul, 21

Orca [Orca: Killer Whale] ** (1977, Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Robert Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 8741

Director Michael Anderson’s 1977 creature feature horror thriller Orca: Killer Whale stars Richard Harris as bounty hunter Captain Nolan, who is vengefully pursued by an aggrieved killer whale, in this slack action adventure drive-in movie […]

Jul, 21

Stuber * (2019, Dave Bautista, Kumail Nanjiani, Iko Uwais, Mira Sorvino) – Movie Review

The contrived crime action comedy Stuber is loud, brash, fast paced and dynamic, but dismayingly disagreeable and unappealing, violent and vulgar. The action is violent and the comedy is vulgar. An Uber driver comedy is, marginally, […]

Jul, 20

Dédée d’Anvers [Woman of Antwerp] ***** (1948, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Bernard Blier, Marcel Dalio) – Classic Movie Review 8740

Simone Signoret makes her first big mark in French cinema with her role in director Yves Allégret’s 1948 Dédée d’Anvers [Woman of Antwerp] as the Antwerp hooker Dédée, who is enthralled by an Italian sailor, […]

Jul, 20

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