Derek Winnert

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We Were Dancing ** (1942, Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 9962

Norma Shearer rejected starring in Mrs Miniver while making director Robert Z Leonard’s 1942 featherweight black and white drawing room comedy We Were Dancing, loosely based on one of Noël Coward’s Tonight at 8.30 short […]

Jun, 26

Tarzan’s Secret Treasure ***(1941, Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield) – Classic Movie Review 8056

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1941 Tarzan’s Secret Treasure is an efficient and entertaining jungle adventure caper, re-uniting Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan for their fifth film together as Tarzan and Jane, and bristling with tongue-in-cheek fun […]

Jan, 24

AVP: Alien Vs Predator *** (2004, Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Raoul Bova, Ewen Bremner) – Classic Movie Review 564

Paul W S Anderson’s screenplay and direction for the 2004 monster movie AVP: Alien Vs Predator are busy, inventive and attractive. He calls it ‘The ultimate face-off action movie.’ A private satellite encounters an unidentified […]

Dec, 22

Predator 2 **** (1990, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton, Kevin Peter Hall) – Classic Film Review 562

With Arnold Schwarzenegger too busy on Terminator 2: Judgment Day to do the sequel to his 1987 hit, Danny Glover stars in 1990 as veteran LAPD officer detective lieutenant Mike Harrigan, the Predator’s hunter-turned-prey. With original […]

Dec, 22

Predator ***** (1987, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall) – Classic Movie Review 561

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1987 sci-fi action thriller film Predator has a masterly build-up and then explodes half way with a nerve-shredding all-out attack that lasts the entire rest of the movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rambo-versus-the-monster sci-fi fantasy […]

Dec, 22

Predators *** (2010, Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo) – Classic Movie Review 560

A small group of folk – most of them kick-ass fighters with big guns and knives – find themselves weirdly parachuted down onto an alien planet, largely covered in jungle. They soon encounter the famous […]

Dec, 22

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