Derek Winnert

The Virgin Soldiers *** (1969, Lynn Redgrave, Hywel Bennett, Nigel Davenport, Nigel Patrick, Rachel Kempson) – Classic Movie Review 7707

Hywel Bennett stars in The Virgin Soldiers (1969) as Private Brigg sent to Singapore where he falls for army daughter Phillipa Raskin (Lynn Redgrave). Leslie Thomas’s 1966 comic novel, based on his British Army experiences as […]

Oct, 27 · in Reviews

Battle of Britain ** (1969, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Laurence Olivier, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Kenneth More, Susannah York) – Classic Movie Review 7706

Director Guy Hamilton’s 1969 Battle of Britain is a well-meaning and respectful but insufficiently exciting all-star extravaganza made to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1940 aerial attack on England. However this historical re-enactment is […]

Oct, 27 · in Reviews

Bohemian Rhapsody ** (2018, Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy) – Movie Review

Bohemian Rhapsody is an interesting music biopic but it is troubled with hesitancies and uncertainties. Rami Malek proves a most interesting choice for the star part. He looks good and is ingratiating in the flamboyant […]

Oct, 26

Land of the Dead *** (2005, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, Robert Joy) – Classic Movie Review 7705

Writer-director George A Romero’s lustily and impressively done Land of the Dead is the 2005 sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). In […]

Oct, 26

Halloween *** (2018, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Haluk Bilginer, Will Patton) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween reboot is good, intense, suspenseful and scary, a solid horror thriller, but no knockout. It has no new story to tell – how could it? – but it […]

Oct, 26

Return of the Living Dead: Part III *** (1992, Kent McCord, James T Callahan, Sarah Douglas, J Trevor Edmond, Mindy Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 7704

Producer-director Brian Yuzna’s 1992 Return of the Living Dead: Part III is a useful, low-budget ($2,000,000 ) third episode, in which a young army brat, Curt (J Trevor Edmond), gets hold of the zombie-making chemical […]

Oct, 25

Return of the Living Dead: Part II * (1987, James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy) – Classic Movie Review 7703

Writer-director Ken Widerhorn’s 1987 Return of the Living Dead: Part II brings back James Karen and Thom Mathews from the 1985 original The Return of the Living Dead as zombies return to feast on the living in this sequel […]

Oct, 25

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