Derek Winnert

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Top Secret! **** (1984, Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Peter Cushing, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Warren Clarke, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 6005

In 1984 there were things to laugh about and funny people to make us laugh. Writer-director Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker’s neglected and underestimated 1984 World War Two spy send-up and Elvis films […]

Aug, 31

The Looking Glass War **½ (1970, Christopher Jones, Ralph Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rogers, Pia Degermark, Susan George, Anna Massey) – Classic Movie Review 4849

Writer-director Frank R Pierson’s 1970 British thriller The Looking Glass War is a passable espionage entertainment, but it is hardly an ideal version of John le Carré’s thoughtful 1965 spy novel about the British intelligence […]

Jan, 05

Good Bye Lenin! **** (2003, Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Florian Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 3886

An East German committed communist mother (Katrin Saß) falls into a coma just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. When she awakes eight months later, her son Alex (Daniel Brühl) has to […]

Jun, 18

Funeral in Berlin **** (1966, Michael Caine, Oskar Homolka, Paul Hubschmid, Eva Renzi) – Classic Movie Review 2419

Michael Caine returns for his second spy thriller in the Sixties Harry Palmer film trilogy, with Bond director Guy Hamilton at the helm, in 1966’s Funeral in Berlin.  Michael Caine returns for his second spy […]

Apr, 22

Torn Curtain *** (1966, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Ludwig Donath, Wolfgang Kieling, Tamara Toumanova) – Classic Movie Review 228

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1966 espionage suspense thriller film Torn Curtain has its moments of tension and suspense. Paul Newman tries hard but is miscast as an American atomic scientist, who seems to defect to East Germany. […]

Sep, 07

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