Derek Winnert

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To Trap a Spy *** (1964, Robert Vaughn, Luciana Paluzzi, Patricia Crowley, William Marshall, Fritz Weaver, David McCallum, Will Kuluva) – Classic Movie Review 4,741

Robert Vaughn stars as secret agent Napoleon Solo, with David McCallum in a support role as Illya Kuryakin, in the 1964 first The Man from U.N.C.L.E. feature film To Trap a Spy. The 1964 first The […]

Dec, 03

THX 1138 ***½ (1971, Robert Duvall, Donald Pleasence, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie) – Classic Movie Review 4740

Set in a George Orwell-style computer-controlled tomorrow of the 25th century, when people are known by letters and numbers and a man and a woman rebel against the rigidly controlled society, co-writer/ director George Lucas’s […]

Dec, 02

Tucker: The Man and His Dream **** (1988, Jeff Bridges, Martin Landau, Joan Allen, Lloyd Bridges, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 4730

Director Francis Ford Coppola turns his 1988 biopic of maverick car designer Preston Tucker -and the story of how dream of building the revolutionary ‘car of tomorrow today’ was quashed by the auto giants of […]

Dec, 02

The Big Boss [Táng Shān Dà Xiōng] *** (1971, Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu) – Classic Movie Review 4456

Bruce Lee shows off his kung-fu prowess to great, exciting advantage in writer-director Lo Wei’s otherwise mundane and predictable 1971 Hong Kong martial arts cult action thriller. Lee plays Cheng Chao-an in a familiar story in which he […]

Oct, 05

Halloween III: Season of the Witch *** (1983, Tom Atkins, Stacey Nelkin, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 4,232

Series creators John Carpenter and Debra Hill return as producers for the unrelated 1982 horror film Halloween III: Season of the Witch, the only entry that does not feature Michael Myers. Dan O’Herlihy stars as the evil genius maniacal toymaker. […]

Aug, 25

Kinky Boots **** (2005, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts) – Classic Movie Review 4107

Director Julian Jarrold’s gloriously entertaining, feel-great 2005 British comedy drama is written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, based, believe it or not, on a true story. Actually, they don’t make you believe it is based on a true story, as […]

Jul, 31

La Machine **** (1977, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sonia Saviange, Monique Mélinand) – Classic Movie Review 3633

French film-maker and author Paul Vecchiali died in Paris on 18 January 2023, aged 92. He notably directed La Machine (1977), a passionate attack on capital punishment, starring Jean-Christophe Bouvet. Jean-Christophe Bouvet has his first […]

Apr, 30

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