Derek Winnert

Ten Tall Men *** (1951, Burt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, Gilbert Roland, Kieron Moore, George Tobias) – Classic Movie Review 7487

Director Willis Goldbeck’s 1951 Technicolor adventure Ten Tall Men is an engaging, light-hearted send-up of French Foreign Legion movies like Beau Geste. It finds Burt Lancaster evidently enjoying himself as the US sergeant, Mike Kincaid, […]

Aug, 23 · in Reviews

The Tenant [Le Locataire] **** (1976, Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas, Shelley Winters, Jo Van Fleet, Lila Kedrova) – Classic Movie Review 7486

After the Hollywood sheen of his masterworks Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown, director Roman Polanski returns to a far smaller canvas in the compelling 1976 paranoia psychological suspense thriller The Tenant, about Trelkovsky (played by the […]

Aug, 23 · in Reviews

Ten Wanted Men *** (1955, Randolph Scott, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Boone) – Classic Movie Review 7485

Director H Bruce Humberstone’s run-of-the-mill 1955 Technicolor Western Ten Wanted Men stars Randolph Scott, who is his usual stalwart self as John Stewart, an Arizona cattleman fighting tricky rancher Wick Campbell (Richard Boone) after his […]

Aug, 23

10 to Midnight * (1983, Charles Bronson, Lisa Eilbacher, Andrew Stevens, Gene Davis, Geoffrey Lewis, Wilford Brimley) – Classic Movie Review 7484

Old Charles Bronson is back with his usual director J Lee Thompson, once again back on the streets on the Death Wish-style vigilante beat in the basic, derivative, routine and violent Eighties thriller 10 to […]

Aug, 23

The Equalizer 2 ** (2018, Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Melissa Leo) – Movie Review

Like Denzel Washington’s character of retired CIA black ops agent Robert McCall, The Equalizer 2 is a nasty piece of work, violent and vengeful and sadistic. When they say McCall brings his unique, particularly violent brand […]

Aug, 23

A Thousand Clowns **** (1965, Jason Robards Jr, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks, William Daniels) – Classic Movie Review 7483

Producer-director Fred Coe’s 1965 comedy A Thousand Clowns is an adaptation of Herb Gardner’s 1962 play about an eccentric, non-conformist comedy writer forced to conform to society to retain custody of his nephew. Jason Robards Jr starred […]

Aug, 22

Plaza Suite *** (1971, Walter Matthau, Maureen Stapleton, Barbara Harris, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 7.482

Neil Simon adapts his stage hit Plaza Suite but was unhappy with the film, thinking the idea of one actor playing the lead in all three acts didn’t work on screen, and that Walter Matthau […]

Aug, 22

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