Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "flashback"

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Beach Red *** (1967, Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning) – Classic Movie Review 10,167

Producer-director Cornel Wilde’s 1967 war movie Beach Red stars Cornel Wilde as Captain MacDonald, the film’s narrator, and Rip Torn as the none too well named Sergeant Honeywell (‘That’s what we’re here for. To kill. […]

Aug, 12

Sunflower [I Girasoli] * (1970, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Lyudmila Saveleva) – Classic Movie Review 9999

Director Vittorio De Sica’s 1970 drama Sunflower [I Girasoli] is a soppy wartime romantic melodrama, in which a particularly gorgeous-looking Sophia Loren plays Giovanna, who spends most of her time searching for her husband Antonio […]

Jul, 04

Frankie Starlight **** (1995, Corban Walker, Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne, Matt Dillon, Niall Toibin) – Classic Movie Review 9617

Frankie Bois (Corban Walker) pens his life story in director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s delicious 1995 heartwarmer Frankie Starlight, an adaptation of Chet Raymo’s novel The Dork of Cork. As his mother Bernadette (Anne Parillaud) brings up […]

Apr, 08

The Halliday Brand *** (1957, Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair, Ward Bond) – Classic Movie Review 9604

‘Their violence seared the West like a branding iron!’ Director Joseph H Lewis’s 1956 The Halliday Brand is a rousing flashback Western making the most of a somewhat clichéd script about a rancher father, Big […]

Apr, 06

Tracks *** (1976, Dennis Hopper, Taryn Power, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 9018

Writer-director Henry Jaglom’s 1976 drama Tracks stars Dennis Hopper as Vietnam veteran sergeant Jack Falen, who accompanies the funeral casket of a dead comrade in arms on an epic train journey across the US to […]

Oct, 25

Universal Soldier *** (1992, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker) – Classic Movie Review 8487

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1992 action sci-fi thriller Universal Soldier proved a good-sized hit for him and his exciting action stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. It cost $23,000,000, and grossed $36,299,898, with a cumulative […]

May, 20

Ruthless **** (1948, Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Martha Vickers) – Classic Movie Review 8233

Director Edgar G Ulmer’s 1948 flashbacks driven film noir Ruthless stars Zachary Scott as Ruthless, charismatic financier Horace Woodruff Vendig, who stops at nothing to get to the head of the heap. But he reckons […]

Mar, 12

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