Derek Winnert

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The Raggedy Rawney *** (1987, Bob Hoskins, Dexter Fletcher, Zoë Nathenson, Zoë Wanamaker) – Classic Movie Review 5466

Co-writer/ director Bob Hoskins directs and stars in this 1987 British anti-war film, set in a European country in the midst of a bloody war. It features Dexter Fletcher as an androgynous young soldier called […]

May, 16

Hedd Wyn **** (1992, Huw Garmon, Judith Humphreys, Catrin Fychan, Ceri Cunnington) – Classic Movie Review 5439

Co-writer/ director Paul Turner’s 1992 film is the epic true-life tale of World War One Welsh poet Hedd Wyn (his real name was Ellis Evans). This Welsh-language picture, which gained a surprise Academy Award nomination for Best […]

May, 12

4 for Texas ** (1963, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono, Jack Elam, Richard Jaeckel, Mike Mazurki, Yaphet Kotto, Fritz Feld) – Classic Movie Review 4778

The Rat Pack icons Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin team with glorious sex sirens of the day Anita Ekberg and Ursula Andress (Elya and Maxine) as the four characters of the title to romp carelessly through the […]

Dec, 09

The Ballad of the Sad Café ***½ (1991, Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton, Cork Hubbert, Beth Dixon) – Classic Movie Review 4371

Director Simon Callow’s 1991 British film version of Edward Albee’s stage play adaptation of Carson McCullers’s intensely moving novella is engrossing, intelligent, atmospheric and extremely well acted. A battle of the sexes in the American […]

Sep, 17

Many Rivers to Cross **½ (1955, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen) – Classic Movie Review 4369

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker were not at their best in comedy, but they do show a surprisingly lively, nimble touch here as a reluctant Kentucky frontiersman called Bushrod Gentry (!) and Mary Cherne, the […]

Sep, 15

Train to Busan [Busanhaeng] **** (2016, Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jeong) – Movie Review

OMG, it’s those pesky zombies again! A virus breaks out in South Korea and turns people into zombies, and the only way out alive from Seoul is to take the train to Busan. But, the […]

Sep, 14

Death Wish II * (1981, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia, J D Cannon, Anthony Franciosa) – Classic Movie Review 4239

Director Michael Winner’s horrible 1981 sequel to his original Death Wish (1974) tells another ugly story in which Charles Bronson’s troubled New York City architect Paul Kersey sets off on a new vigilante spree in Los […]

Aug, 25

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