Derek Winnert

Dog Day [Canicule] *** (1984, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, Bernadette Lafont, David Bennent) – Classic Movie Review 8440

Lee Marvin is ideal as Jimmy Cobb, a brutal American bank robber on the run with several million dollars, hiding out with a French country family of farmers, who become fascinated by his almost magical presence […]

May, 06 · in Reviews

The Dogs of War ** (1980, Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Winston Ntshona, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, JoBeth Williams) – Classic Movie Review 8,439

The 1980 war movie The Dogs of War is a competent all-action film version of Frederick Forsyth’s bestseller, with a young Christopher Walken intriguing as a war-scarred mercenary in a fictional West African republic, Zangaro. […]

May, 06 · in Uncategorized

A Doll’s House *** (1973, Jane Fonda, David Warner, Trevor Howard, Delphine Seyrig, Edward Fox, Anna Wing) – Classic Movie Review 8438

Director Joseph Losey’s 1973 A Doll’s House stars feminist and activist Jane Fonda, who turns in a fascinating ‘modern’ performance as Nora Helmer, who is forced to rebel against her stifled life and her bossy, […]

May, 06

A Doll’s House *** (1973, Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson, Denholm Elliott, Anna Massey, Edith Evans) – Classic Movie Review 8437

Director Patrick Garland’s 1973 A Doll’s House was made hurriedly and released in Britain before Joseph Losey’s simultaneously made Jane Fonda version of A Doll’s House. It is a showcase for Claire Bloom, who re-creates […]

May, 06

The Outside Man [Un Homme Est Mort] **** (1972, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Angie Dickinson, Michel Constantin) – Classic Movie Review 8436

Writer-director Jacques Deray’s 1973 The Outside Man [Un Homme Est Mort] is a compelling and robust French gangland action crime thriller, set and filmed on location in Los Angeles, California, but also shot in the […]

May, 06

The Curse of La Llorona ** (2019, Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez) – Movie Review

Director Michael Chaves’s 2019 supernatural horror thriller The Curse of La Llorona is a modestly scary and entertaining spin off from The Conjuring universe. It does not have a lot of credibility – how could […]

May, 05

Long Shot ** (2019, Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, Alexander Skarsgård) – Movie Review

Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen are pleasant company and well cast in the hit-and-miss 2019 romantic comedy Long Shot, in which Charlize plays Charlotte Field, who is standing as US President, and Seth plays out-of-work […]

May, 05

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