Derek Winnert

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The Four Feathers *** (1978, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Richard Johnson, Jane Seymour, Harry Andrews) Classic Movie Review 10,072

Director Don Sharp’s 1978 The Four Feathers is a reasonably enjoyable TV movie remake of the much-filmed A E W Mason tale about the British officer accused of cowardice who becomes a war hero in […]

Jul, 22

Defending Your Life *** (1991, Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant) – Classic Movie Review 9678

The 1991 film Defending Your Life is an amiable, hit-and-miss romantic fantasy comedy drama from multi-talented writer-director Albert Brooks, in which he also stars. The star’s character Daniel Miller is killed in a car crash […]

Apr, 26

The Red Badge of Courage **** (1951, Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano, John Dierkes, Tim Durant, Andy Devine, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 7290

John Huston’s studio-butchered 1951 US Civil War movie The Red Badge of Courage is remarkable for its battle scenes and for Audie Murphy’s career-best performance. Writer-director John Huston’s 1951 film of Stephen Crane’s 1895 US Civil […]

Jul, 14

K-19: The Widowmaker *** (2002, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Woodward, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel) – Classic Movie Review 2100

Harrison Ford stars as Captain Alexei Vostrikov, who battles with nice second-in-command Mikhail Polenin (Liam Neeson) over safety aboard a Russian nuclear submarine on its controversial and eventually tragic 1961 maiden trip. Director Kathryn Bigelow’s […]

Jan, 23

Lone Survivor **** (2013, Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana) – Movie Review

Writer-director Peter Berg tells the true story of Marcus Luttrell and his US Navy Seal team, who set out on a mission to capture or kill the notorious al Qaeda Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd in late June […]

Jan, 29

The Wizard of Oz ***** (1939, Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke) – Classic Movie Review 14

The 17-year-old Judy Garland gives a knockout, wizard performance in the 1939 gem The Wizard of Oz as the Kansas farm girl Dorothy, who sprinkles a special kind of fairy dust on her magical journey […]

Jul, 03

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