Derek Winnert

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Zeppelin *** (1971, Michael York, Elke Sommer, Peter Carsten, Marius Goring, Anton Diffring, Andrew Keir, Rupert Davies) – Classic Movie Review 8709

Director Etienne Périer’s 1971 wartime adventure drama Zeppelin is a spiffing, busy and fast-moving schoolboy-style spy yarn with the Brits out to steal World War One German airship secrets and stop a daring commando raid […]

Jul, 15

Zulu Dawn ** (1979, Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Michael Jayston, Ronald Pickup, Bob Hoskins, Ronald Lacey, Freddie Jones) – Classic Movie Review 8697

A fine cast is generally reliable if not particularly well used in director Douglas Hickox’s 1979 Zulu Dawn, a prequel to the 1964 Zulu, which focuses on the stubborn British commanders who lead their troops […]

Jul, 12

Battle Beyond the Stars *** (1980, Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, George Peppard, Sam Jaffe) – Classic Movie Review 8592

Director Jimmy T Murakami’s 1980 movie Battle Beyond the Stars is a cheeky and entertaining slice of sci-fi from executive producer Roger Corman and New World Pictures, cheerfully mixing The Magnificent Seven with Star Wars. […]

Jun, 14

Tarzan and the Lost City **(1998, Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington) – Classic Movie Review 8089

Director Carl Schenkel’s 1998 Village Roadshow/ Warner Bros old-fashioned American action adventure Tarzan and the Lost City stars Casper Van Dien, Jane March and Steven Waddington. It is shot in South Africa. Van Dien is an amiable presence, and looks […]

Feb, 02

Alita: Battle Angel **** (2019, Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean Johnson, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González) – Movie Review

As brought to us by the brilliantly creative minds at Weta Digital, a digital performance capture version of Rosa Salazar stars as the cybernetic character Alita in director Robert Rodriguez’s thoroughly entertaining romantic sci-fi action, adventure, Alita: Battle Angel. […]

Feb, 02

Taras Bulba *** (1962, Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker, Guy Rolfe, George Macready, Brad Dexter, Perry Lopez) – Classic Movie Review 8082

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1962 historical romantic adventure Taras Bulba stars Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner, who gets the title role of Cossack chieftain Taras Bulba, who helps the Poles defeat the Turks in the […]

Feb, 01

The Big Parade ***** (1925, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth) – Classic Movie Review 7895

Director King Vidor’s commanding World War One epic 1925 drama The Big Parade, full of startling battle images bringing the conflict to vivid life, is one of the great highspots of silent cinema. The film takes […]

Dec, 08

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