Derek Winnert

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Virginia City *** (1940, Errol Flynn, Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 11,094

‘Go West!.. .to Virginia City… for excitement, for adventure, for primitive romance!!!’ Director Michael Curtiz’s 1940 Warner Bros American black and white historical Western action drama Virginia City is an always lusty but sometimes struggling […]

Apr, 13

I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] **** (1946, Deborah Kerr Trevor Howard, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 10,067

Director Frank Launder’s extremely enjoyable 1946 wartime British espionage thriller I See a Dark Stranger [The Adventuress] stars Deborah Kerr, who lights up the screen as Bridie Quilty, a young Irish woman whose hatred of […]

Jul, 21

For the Boys **** (1991, Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal) – Classic Movie Review 9681

Director Mark Rydell’s 1991 For the Boys is a lavish, old-fashioned musical drama vehicle for Bette Midler as Dixie Leonard, an American showgirl with a heart of gold and a will of iron, who teams […]

Apr, 27

Kings Go Forth *** (1958, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8922

‘One Gave Her Everything a Woman Could Want… One Took Everything a Woman Could Give!’ Director Delmer Daves’s 1958 black and white World War Two romance action drama, Kings Go Forth is based on the […]

Sep, 20

Too Late the Hero **** (1970, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott, Henry Fonda, Harry Andrews, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 8452

Co-writer/ producer / director Robert Aldrich turns in another tough war film in his 1970 Too Late the Hero, with rousing action, funny dialogue and an exciting climax. Michael Caine is engaging in one of […]

May, 10

How I Won the War *** (1967, Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 8220

Director Richard Lester’s iconic 1967 British comedy How I Won the War is a frenzied and frantic send-up of war movies, working from a surreal script by Charles Wood, based on Patrick Ryan’s novel. It […]

Mar, 09

They Shall Not Grow Old **** (2018, director Peter Jackson) – Movie Review

Director Peter Jackson’s magnificent and beautiful World War One documentary They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) is uniquely informative, evocative, moving and heart-rending, as well as a brilliant technical achievement in its incredible 3D colour […]

Jan, 10

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