Derek Winnert

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Accidental Hero ** (1992, Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 9248

Director Stephen Frears’s 1992 Accidental Hero [Hero] stars Dustin Hoffman as Bernie LaPlante, a petty crook who becomes an unlikely reluctant hero when he saves 54 people from a crashed burning plane, including TV reporter […]

Jan, 09

They Met in Bombay *** (1941, Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Reginald Owen, Jessie Ralph) – Classic Movie Review 6708

Director Clarence Brown’s entertaining 1941 MGM wartime comedy crime adventure stars a great vintage line-up in Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Reginald Owen and Jessie Ralph. Gable plays jewel thief Gerald Meldrick and Russell plays sophisticated […]

Feb, 18

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead *** (1992, Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 5031

Director Sam Raimi turns the third and final part of his The Evil Dead trilogy into a spoof sword and sorcery fantasy horror movie. Bruce Campbell returns as hero Ash, who is now accidentally transported […]

Feb, 19

The Hunter *** (1980, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3530

Director Buzz Kulik’s 1980 movie is Steve McQueen’s final film, made while he was tragically dying of lung cancer, leading to his untimely death on November 7 1980 at the age of only 50. While not perfect, it is […]

Apr, 05

Think Fast, Mr Moto *** (1937, Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman) – Classic Movie Review 3323

Director Norman Foster’s 1937 black and white crime thriller Think Fast, Mr Moto stars Peter Lorre, who launches his series of eight films as the talented Mr Moto, in which author John P Marquand’s Japanese […]

Feb, 04

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