Derek Winnert

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The Undefeated ** (1969, John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether, Ben Johnson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Antonio Aguilar, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 6732

Even an enormous cast of renowned outdoor movie character players, a costly $7 million plus production and the big name star pairing of John Wayne and Rock Hudson cannot quite save director Andrew V McLaglen’s […]

Feb, 24

Around the Bend *** (2004, Christopher Walken, Josh Lucas, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly) – Classic Movie Review 5578

Writer/ director Jordan Roberts’s humorous 2004 road movie is inspired by the relationship between Roberts and the absentee, substance-using father he barely knew, Robert Stone Jordan, latterly an indie film director/producer. It stars Christopher Walken as Turner Lair, Michael Caine as his father, […]

Dec, 10

The Ambushers ** (1967, Dean Martin, Senta Berger, Janice Rule, Beverly Adams) – Classic Movie Review 6375

Director Henry Levin’s 1967 movie is the third of the four Matt Helm spy spoof films, following the hits The Silencers and Murderers’ Row (1966). Only one man – Dean Martin’s fondly remembered Sixties top-secret […]

Dec, 08

The Brave Bulls *** (1951, Mel Ferrer, Miroslava, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 6353

Director Robert Rossen’s intriguing 1951 made-in-Mexico romantic bullfight drama stars Mel Ferrer as matador Luis Bello, who is knee deep in devastating troubles. First he loses his confidence in the bull ring, after he nearly […]

Dec, 03

Volunteers ** (1985, Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 6173

Tom Hanks and John Candy, the talented comedians from Splash! (1984), sign up together again for director Nicholas Meyer’s cynical but affectionate 1985 spoof comedy set in early Sixties Thailand. There a rich, selfish socialite called Lawrence […]

Nov, 01

Two Mules for Sister Sara **** (1970, Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood) – Classic Movie Review 6170

Director Don Siegel’s minor but involving and entertaining 1970 comic Western is quirkily adapted by screen writer Albert Maltz from a story by Fifties cult director Budd Boetticher. It comes over as a slightly offbeat […]

Nov, 01

Rio Rita **** (1929, Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Don Alvarado) – Classic Movie Review 5930

‘Ziegfeld’s fabulous all-talking, all-singing super screen spectacle.’ Rio Rita (1929) was the first smash hit for the RKO studio, then releasing films under the RKO Radio Pictures name. The studio spent heavily on this extravagant musical, […]

Aug, 17

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