Derek Winnert

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The Roots of Heaven ** (1958, Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Herbert Lom, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 8971

Director John Huston’s 1958 adventure drama The Roots of Heaven is a bumpy ride, in which the intelligent dialogue and messages (based on Romain Gary’s novel) take second place to mediocre adventure. It stars the […]

Oct, 09

Lucky Lady * (1975, Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, John Hillerman)

Director Stanley Donen’s 1975 musical comedy crime drama Lucky Lady is unlucky for everybody. It is a glossy, vastly costly but rather aimless and (at the box-office of the day) total flop romp about 1930s Prohibition […]

Oct, 02

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood ** (2019, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino) – Movie Review

Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) visits the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age in 1969 Los Angeles. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as tormented one-time TV cowboy series star Rick Dalton, […]

Aug, 17

Brightburn ** (2019, Elizabeth Banks, David Denman, Jackson A Dunn) – Movie Review

‘You are different. After your dad and I got married, we prayed for a baby for so long. One night, someone listened.’ – Tori Breyer. Elizabeth Banks and David Denman star as an ordinary American […]

Jun, 22

Defiance *** (1980, Jan-Michael Vincent, Theresa Saldana, Art Carney, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 8614

Director John Flynn’s 1980 vigilante crime action thriller Defiance stars Jan-Michael Vincent as New York City merchant marine sailor-drifter Tommy, who goes the Charles Bronson route and defiantly takes on an entire gang of violent […]

Jun, 20

Cattle Empire *** (1958, Joel McCrea, Gloria Talbott, Don Haggerty, Phyllis Coates) – Classic Movie Review 8400

Joel McCrea stars in the 1958 Western movie Cattle Empire as an ex-con called John Cord, who enlists as a cattle-drive trail boss to avenge himself on the cattlemen who had got him into prison. […]

Apr, 26

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence ** (1993, Robert Davi, Robert Z’Dar, Caitlin Dulany) – Classic Movie Review 8301

Director William Lustig’s and writer Larry Cohen’s 1993 slasher film Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence is more of the same in the second exploitative sequel with a further welter of violence and bad jokes […]

Mar, 26

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