Derek Winnert

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For Queen & Country *** (1988, Denzel Washington, Dorian Healy, Sean Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 9680

American star Denzel Washington comes to the UK to play a working-class soldier from an inner London council estate in Brixton, who, on his return from the Falklands War, finds that nobody wants to give […]

Apr, 27

The Devil’s Disciple *** (1959, Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Eva Le Gallienne, Janette Scott, Harry Andrews, Basil Sydney) – Classic Movie Review 8997

Despite the special cast, director Guy Hamilton’s 1959 black and white comedy drama The Devil’s Disciple is an only so-so film of George Bernard Shaw’s intriguing play about Dick Dudgeon (Kirk Douglas), the son of […]

Oct, 20

Callan **** (1974, Edward Woodward, Eric Porter, Carl Möhner, Catherine Schell, Peter Egan, Kenneth Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 8503

Director Don Sharp’s excellent 1974 British crime action thriller Callan [The Neutralizer] is an imaginatively developed and extended version of the opening programme of Edward Woodward’s popular TV show from 1967, about a lonely, ruthless […]

May, 27

Kickboxer *** (1989, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi) – Classic Movie Review 8489

‘An Ancient Sport Becomes A Deadly Game.’ Directors Mark DiSalle and David Worth’s 1989 Kickboxer stars the ex-world karate champ Jean-Claude Van Damme (aka the ‘Muscles from Brussels’), who first gained stardom with this predictable […]

May, 21

Rocky II *** (1979, Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith) – Classic Movie Review 7828

The 1979 boxing movie sequel Rocky II provides another fistful of dollars for Sylvester Stallone as writer, director and star of this virtual reprise of the original 1976 Rocky. In this one, the unemployed, inarticulate, […]

Nov, 24

The Thief of Baghdad *** (1978, Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Peter Ustinov, Terence Stamp, Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 7327

Director Clive Donner’s 1978 fourth movie version of The Thief of Baghdad is good looking and very acceptable, enlivened with some amusing performances, particularly from Peter Ustinov. It is an amiable retelling of the classic […]

Jul, 22

Wake of the Red Witch *** (1948, John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Luther Adler, Adele Mara, Eduard Franz, Grant Withers, Henry Daniell, Paul Fix, Dennis Hoey, Jeff Corey, Erskine Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 7171

Macho rivalries in the 1860s South Seas between John Wayne’s Red Witch skipper Captain Ralls and Luther Adler’s unscrupulous Dutch ship owning tycoon Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye are fought out against the backdrop of gorgeous Polynesian scenery in director Edward […]

Jun, 15

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