Derek Winnert

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Shanghai Surprise ½ (1986, Madonna, Sean Penn) – Classic Movie Review 12,926

The 1986 car crash of a film Shanghai Surprise stars then-newlyweds Madonna and Sean Penn. Is it so bad it’s good? Pretty much. Madonna won the Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Actress Director Jim Goddard’s […]

Jun, 08 · in Reviews

Shanghai Knights * (2003, Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Aidan Gillan, Fann Wong, Donnie Yen) – Classic Movie Review 12,925

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson are back in the 2003 martial arts comedy action adventure film Shanghai Knights for a soppy, less amusing sequel to their 2000 hit Shanghai Noon. This time sheriff Chon Wang […]

Jun, 08 · in Reviews

Shanghai Noon ** (2000, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson, Jason Connery) – Classic Movie Review 12,924

Director Tom Dey’s 2000 martial arts Western action comedy film Shanghai Noon stars Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Owen Wilson, and Jason Connery. Good-natured it is, but Blazing Saddles it’s not.  Chon Wang (Jackie Chan), 19th-century imperial […]

Jun, 08

Blood River ** (1991, Rick Schroder, Wilford Brimley, Adrienne Barbeau, John P Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 12,923

The 1991 film Blood River is a mild and moderate TV Western, starring Rick Schroder and Wilford Brimley, and based on a screenplay by John Carpenter written for John Wayne. Director Mel Damski’s 1991 Western […]

Jun, 08

Bulldog Drummond’s Bride ** (1939, John Howard, Heather Angel, H B Warner, Reginald Denny, E E Clive, Elizabeth Patterson, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 12,922

The 1939 American crime comedy thriller film Bulldog Drummond’s Bride is the last in Paramount’s series of eight Bulldog Drummond capers, again starring John Howard and Heather Angel. Director James P Hogan’s 1939 American crime […]

Jun, 07

The Passing of the Third Floor Back **** (1935, Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene Ray, Frank Cellier) – Classic Movie Review 12,921

A Stranger works to redeem the inhabitants of a London boarding house, in Austrian director Berthold Viertel’s fascinating 1935 British drama film The Passing of the Third Floor Back, starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene […]

Jun, 06

Women of Twilight [Twilight Women] ** (1952, Freda Jackson, Rene Ray, Lois Maxwell, Laurence Harvey, Joan Dowling, Dora Bryan, Vida Hope) – Classic Movie Review 12,920

The once controversial 1952 drama film Women of Twilight deals with ‘the social problem of the unmarried mother’ and is the first British-made film to be given an X certificate. ‘Today’s One-Mistake Girls!’ Director Gordon […]

Jun, 06

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