Derek Winnert

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Charley Varrick ***** (1973, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Jacqueline Scott, Felicia Farr, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Sheree North, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2581

Producer-director Don Siegel’s gritty 1973 neo-noir crime thriller Charley Varrick is a total humdinger. It is flown to glory with the nimblest of serious work from Walter Matthau as Charley Varrick, a former stunt pilot turned […]

Jun, 10

Where There’s a Will *** (1936, Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, H F Maltby) – Classic Movie Review 1,866

The 1936 British comedy film Where There’s a Will stars Will Hay as a blundering solicitor duped by an American crook into allowing his office to be used in a bank robbery. Co-writer/ director William […]

Nov, 22

One-Eyed Jacks ***** (1961, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 1678

Director/star Marlon Brando’s legendary 1961 revenge Western is an explosive emotional and visual powderkeg, with a great flavour of the Old West. It was a troubled production but that doesn’t show on screen. Brando took […]

Sep, 15

The Nut Job ** (voices Will Arnett, Liam Neeson, Brendan Fraser) – Movie Review

Raccoon (voice of Liam Neeson) has ordered squirrels – the heroic Andie (Katherine Heigl) and the ditsy Grayson (Brendan Fraser) – to find a new food source. Andie runs into selfish maverick Surly the Squirrel (Will […]

Jul, 31

S.W.A.T. (2003, Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, L L Cool J) – Classic Film Review 1188

Director Clark Johnson’s 2003 action thriller is a precision item with a finely tooled screenplay by David Ayer and David McKenna, from a story by Ron Mita and Jim McClain, based on the original TV […]

May, 09

Killing Zoë **** (1993, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gary Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 959

First time writer-director Roger Avary’s scalding 1993 thriller stars Eric Stoltz as Zed, who arrives in Paris, sleeps with a call girl Zoe (Julie Delpy) and spends a night on the town with some dangerous new buddies […]

Mar, 22

High Heels and Low Lifes *** (2001, Minnie Driver, Mary McCormack, Danny Dyer, Kevin McNally, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 877

Minnie Driver (playing Shannon) and Mary McCormack (as Frances) try hard as a feisty duo who uncover a bank vault robbery and then plot to blackmail the crooks. If they stumble, it’s because of the clunky […]

Mar, 09

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