Derek Winnert

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Chu Chin Chow **** (1934, George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle) – Classic Movie Review 8289

Director Walter Forde’s exuberantly entertaining 1934 British action adventure comedy musical Chu Chin Chow, a musical retelling of the Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Arabian Nights tale, can still provide a lot of antique […]

Mar, 24

The Colossus of Rome [Il Colosso di Roma] [Hero of Rome] ** (1964, Gordon Scott, Gabriella Pallotta, Massimo Serato) – Classic Movie Review 8108

Director Giorgio Ferroni [Richard McNamara as English language director]’s 1964 The Colossus of Rome [Il Colosso di Roma] [Hero of Rome] [Arm of Fire] stars Gordon Scott as Mucius, Gabriella Pallotta as Clelia, Massimo Serato […]

Feb, 09

Colors *** (1988, Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso) – Classic Movie Review 8101

Director Dennis Hopper’s 1988 movie Colors is a tough, in-your-face cop thriller distinguished by a grand turn by Robert Duvall as Bob Hodges, a grizzled cop teaching his impetuous young sidekick Danny McGavin (Sean Penn) […]

Feb, 06

Dragon Ball Super: Broly **** (2018, voices Masako Nozawa, Shin Aomori, Bryn Apprill, Ryô Horikawa, Bin Shimada) – Movie Review

Director Tatsuya Nagamine’s Japanese anime Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) is dazzlingly bright and lively, and a whole lot of fast-moving fun, with spectacular prolonged frenetic sequences of action and violence, and a terrific soundtrack. […]

Jan, 23

Dogman **** (2018, Marcello Fonte, Edoardo Pesce, Nunzia Schiano, Adamo Dionisi) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Matteo Garrone’s 2018 Italian neo-realist relationships drama, crime movie and revenge thriller Dogman has a simmering and then scalding impact. It comes from the director of the 2008 Gomorrah. Dogman is one heck of a strong, hard and […]

Dec, 10

Halloween *** (2018, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak, Haluk Bilginer, Will Patton) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director David Gordon Green’s 2018 Halloween reboot is good, intense, suspenseful and scary, a solid horror thriller, but no knockout. It has no new story to tell – how could it? – but it […]

Oct, 26

Thunder Road *** (1958, Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, James Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 7646

Director Arthur Ripley’s 1958 Thunder Road stars Robert Mitchum as Lucas Doolin, the definitive moonshine merchant, in this well-done, exciting and eventful film noir crime action thriller about bootlegging Kentucky mountain family folk dodging cops […]

Oct, 08

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