Derek Winnert

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The Sting II *** (1983, Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 10,888

Director Jeremy Paul Kagan’s 1983 The Sting II is the belated, virtually ignored sequel to the 1973 blockbuster The Sting, a whole decade after the first, with the same writer David S Ward but alas […]

Feb, 06

Requiem for a Heavyweight **** (1962, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris) – Classic Movie Review 7723

Director Ralph Nelson’s 1962 black and white sports drama Requiem for a Heavyweight (Blood Money in GB) is a dour, nimbly-played fight movie, with the acting, fleshed-out characterisations and sweaty atmosphere stronger than the plot. […]

Oct, 29

Pittsburgh *** (1942, Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 5,521

The 1942 drama film Pittsburgh does the good deed of reuniting the star trio of the same year’s The Spoilers – Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott and John Wayne. Director Lewis Seiler’s 1942 black and white […]

May, 29

The Fighter ***½ (2010, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Yeo) – Classic Movie Review 4617

Boxing movies are a dime a dozen – and there have of course been great ones, from Champion and Rocky to Raging Bull and more recently Ali, Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man. Director David O […]

Nov, 08

Creed ***½ (2015, Michael B Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Tony Bellew, Phylicia Rashad, Graham McTavish) – Movie Review

Michael B Jordan stars as Adonis Johnson, son of former heavyweight champion boxer Apollo Creed, who tracks down former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) at his Italian restaurant, Adrian’s, named in honour of […]

Jan, 07

Body and Soul ***** (1947, John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2386

Director Robert Rossen’s vintage, hard-hitting classic 1947 boxing movie is a knockout. It is hailed as the first great film about boxing and can be viewed as a moral tale about the destructive evil temptation […]

Apr, 13

The Ring **** (1927, Carl Brisson, Lillian Hall-Davis, Ian Hunter, Harry Terry, Gordon Harker) – Classic Movie Review 2288

Director Alfred Hitchcock wrote the original story for this richly enjoyable, flavoursome, unfairly neglected 1927 silent movie, in which Carl Brisson plays ‘One-Round’ Jack Sander, a young fairground-booth fighter who marries the cashier Nellie (Lillian […]

Mar, 20

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