Derek Winnert

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Avalanche Express ** (1979, Robert Shaw, Lee Marvin, Linda Evans, Maximilian Schell, Horst Buchholz, Mike Connors ) – Classic Movie Review 6400

Real-life tragedy occurred during the making of director Mark Robson’s ultra-expensive ($12 million) big-budget 1979 European spy action thriller, when star Robert Shaw and director Robson both died of heart attacks during filming. It was […]

Dec, 13

Rosebud * (1975, Peter O’Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman) – Classic Movie Review 6269

Director Otto Preminger’s 1975 terrorist thriller film tells the spectacularly dud tale of wealthy girls abducted by Arabs from the titular yacht Rosebud. A Palestinian terrorist group is responsible. Though more or less a total failure, the […]

Nov, 19

Wrong Is Right [The Man with the Deadly Lens] *** (1982, Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Katharine Ross, Robert Conrad, G D Spradlin, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Webber, Hardy Kruger, Dean Stockwell, Ron Moody) – Classic Movie Review 6181

Writer/ co-producer/ director Richard Brooks goes for the idea of Dr Strangelove meets Network in his bold 1982 satirical-minded thriller based on the novel The Better Angels by Charles McCarry. Sean Connery stars as the […]

Nov, 02

Le Petit Soldat *** (1963, Anna Karina, Michel Subor, Henri-Jacques Huet) – Classic Movie Review 6070

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard’s second film in terms of shooting follows his spectacular debut with Breathless (1960). It stars Michel Subor as Bruno Forestier, a young French terrorist who is turned over to the Geneva police […]

Oct, 10

Stratton * (2017, Dominic Cooper, Connie Nielsen, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi) – Movie Review

There is nothing good to say about director Simon West’s espionage action thriller Stratton (2017), lamely and limply based on the book series written by Duncan Falconer. Dominic Cooper took over at the last minute from Henry Cavill as […]

Sep, 08

Extreme Ops ½ (2002, Devon Sawa, Rufus Sewell, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves) – Classic Movie Review 5462

Devon Sawa, Rufus Sewell, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras and Rupert Graves star in director Christian Duguay’s handsome-looking but mindless 2002 movie that at least looks like it provided a great winter sports holiday for all concerned. But, […]

May, 16

Rollercoaster *** (1977, George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Susan Strasberg, Harry Guardino, Henry Fonda) – Classic Movie Review 5425

Director James Goldstone’s 1977 movie is a smooth-running, fast-paced typically Seventies disaster-movie thriller, produced by Jennings Lang and released by Universal Pictures. It stars George Segal and Richard Widmark as safety-inspector Harry Calder (Segal) and […]

May, 10

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