Derek Winnert

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Boiling Point [3-4 x jûgatsu] **** (1990, Takeshi Kitano, Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida) – Classic Movie Review 6529

Japanese writer-director-star Takeshi Kitano’s second film (after 1989’s Violent Cop) is a typically quirky take on the Yakuza movie. As well as writing and directing, he also stars (billed as ‘Beat’ Takeshi) as Uehara, a sadistic […]

Jan, 06

Body Bags *** (1993, Deborah Harry, Mark Hamill, Twiggy, Stacy Keach, Sheena Easton, John Carpenter, Robert Carradine, David Naughton, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 5998

Directors John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper’s 1993 horror compendium TV movie delivers three chilling stories of the ghoulish, gruesome, gory and gross – The Gas Station, Hair and The Eye. The director John Carpenter stars […]

Aug, 29

Take Me Out to the Ball Game **** (1949, Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin) – Classic Movie Review 5900

Director Busby Berkeley’s 1949 MGM musical about the misadventures of a baseball team that features the noted ball-playing skills of shortstop Frank Sinatra and second baseman Gene Kelly is a whole lot of good fun. […]

Aug, 11

The Bad News Bears *** (1976, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow, Joyce Van Patten, Jackie Earle Haley) – Classic Movie Review 4,171

Walter Matthau stars in the likeable 1976 American comedy film The Bad News Bears as grouchy old baseball pro Morris Buttermaker. The Good News is that this big hit proved good news for talented director […]

Aug, 14

The Rookie **** (2002, Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, Jay Hernandez, Beth Grant) – Classic Movie Review 4,114

Dennis Quaid gives a strong, charismatic performance in the 2002 film The Rookie as Jim Morris, who debuted in US Major League Baseball at the age of 35. Rachel Griffiths plays his neglected wife, and […]

Aug, 01

The Natural **** (1984, Robert Redford, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Kim Basinger and Barbara Hershey, Wilford Brimley, Robert Prosky) – Classic Movie Review 4071

Still in his golden boy era, Robert Redford stars as captain of the all-star actor team that director Barry Levinson has recruited for his 1984 comedic and mystical sports drama fable about a Thirties baseball […]

Jul, 24

Everybody Wants Some!! **** (2016, Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman) – Movie Review

Blake Jenner stars as freshman Jake who joins a group of daft college baseball players enjoying the good life in the couple of days before term begins in Richard Linklater’s 1980-set college comedy. Linklater may be old now […]

May, 14

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