Derek Winnert

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The Underworld Story *** (1950, Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson, Howard Da Silva) – Classic Movie Review 3657

Excellent, telling performances from Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson and Howard Da Silva spark director Cy Endfield’s gritty 1950 crime drama thriller The Underworld Story, based on a story by Craig Rice. […]

May, 04

Dartmoor Killing *** (2015, Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Callum Blue, David Hayman, Lewis Peek) – Movie Review

Late twenty-something townies Susan and Becky (Rebecca Night, Gemma-Leah Devereux) leave the town for a quiet weekend hiking on Dartmoor. Haven’t they seen any movies? Don’t go on the moors! Some weird bloke called Chris […]

Sep, 13

Good Kill **** (2014, Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood) – Movie Review

Ethan Hawke stars as Tom Egan, a Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot who fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his […]

Apr, 09

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance **** (1962, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles) – Classic Movie Review 2347

‘Together for the first time – James Stewart and John Wayne – in the masterpiece of four-time Academy Award winner John Ford.’ Well that’s the advertising. The reality is that, though director John Ford’s 1962 Western […]

Apr, 03

Affliction **** (1997, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 825

Ah, again, the sins of the father! Nick Nolte gives a great barnstorming performance as Wade Whitehouse, a haunted middle-aged New Hampshire small-town sheriff. He is a heavy drinker who has achieved little or nothing in […]

Feb, 13

Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256

Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]

Sep, 21

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