Derek Winnert

‘Breaker’ Morant [Breaker Morant] ***** (1980, Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Lewis Fitz-Gerald) – Classic Movie Review 7331

Director Bruce Beresford’s powerful and authentic 1980 drama ‘Breaker’ Morant is one of the gems of the first wave of the New Australian Cinema. It is 1901, in the Transvaal. British adventurer Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant (Edward […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Kansas *** (1988, Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope) – Classic Movie Review 7330

Director David Stevens’s 1988 romantic crime thriller Kansas stars a finally clearly post-teen idol Matt Dillon (then 24), who is well cast as Doyle Kennedy, a psychopathic ex-convict who involves middle-class hitchhiker Wade Corey (Andrew […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again *** (2018, Lily James, Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Christine Baranski, Julie Walters) – Movie Review

The bad news is this is the first weekend ever where eight of the top ten films at the box office were sequels – and this is one of them. At least Mamma Mia! Here We […]

Jul, 23

Fire Over England **** (1937, Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 7329

Director William K Howard’s spirited 1937 British romantic adventure Fire Over England brings together screen and real-life lovers Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh together for the first time. Clemence Dane and Sergei Nolbandov’s screenplay is […]

Jul, 22

Lady Hamilton [That Hamilton Woman] *** (1941, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Gladys Cooper, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood, Henry Wilcoxon) – Classic Movie Review 7328

Director Alexander Korda’s 1941 Lady Hamilton (That Hamilton Woman in the US) is a grandly theatrical, but inaccurately and dully written biopic on the extra-marital love affair during the Napoleonic Wars between Admiral Horatio Nelson […]

Jul, 22

The Thief of Baghdad *** (1978, Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 7327

Director Clive Donner’s 1978 fourth movie version of The Thief of Baghdad is good looking and very acceptable, enlivened with some amusing performances, particularly from Peter Ustinov. It is an amiable retelling of the classic […]

Jul, 22

The Thief of Baghdad [Il Ladro di Bagdad] *** (1961, Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici, Edy Vessel, Antonio Battistella, Daniele Vargas, Fanfulla, Georges Chamarat) – Classic Movie Review 7326

Director Arthur Lubin and producer Bruno Vailati’s 1961 Italian adventure movie The Thief of Baghdad [Il Ladro di Bagdad] reworks the classic 1001 Nights story as a bright and effective vehicle for popular muscle man Steve […]

Jul, 22

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