Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "behind enemy lines"

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Shining Through (1992, Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson) – Classic Movie Review 9189

Melanie Griffith stars in writer-director David Seltzer’s hypnotically awful 1992 World War Two-set romantic thriller drama Shining Through as Linda Voss,  gets a job at a New York law firm and later becomes a spy […]

Dec, 24

Kings Go Forth *** (1958, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8922

‘One Gave Her Everything a Woman Could Want… One Took Everything a Woman Could Give!’ Director Delmer Daves’s 1958 black and white World War Two romance action drama, Kings Go Forth is based on the […]

Sep, 20

Too Late the Hero **** (1970, Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Ian Bannen, Denholm Elliott, Henry Fonda, Harry Andrews, Ronald Fraser) – Classic Movie Review 8452

Co-writer/ producer / director Robert Aldrich turns in another tough war film in his 1970 Too Late the Hero, with rousing action, funny dialogue and an exciting climax. Michael Caine is engaging in one of […]

May, 10

Days of Glory *** (1944, Gregory Peck, Tamara Toumanova, Alan Reed) – Classic Movie Review 6126

Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1944 movie is memorable mostly for one thing, as Gregory Peck and Tamara Toumanova both make their first screen appearances in this heartfelt, convincingly handled wartime story about plucky Russian guerrillas plotting […]

Oct, 22

Fury **** (2014, Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman) – Movie Review

Brad Pitt stars as battle-hardened American army sergeant named Wardaddy, who commands a Sherman tank called Fury and her five-man crew. They set out on a do-or-die mission to wipe out as many German SS […]

Oct, 22

Shoulder Arms (1918, Charles Chaplin) – Classic Film Review 1055

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s classic 1918 silent comedy is another one of his masterpieces. At 46 minutes, it is his shortest feature film. Originally planned at five reels, it was edited down and outtakes were preserved in Chaplin’s […]

Apr, 05

Saving Private Ryan ***** (1998, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Movie Review 158

Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic war film Saving Private Ryan scooped five Oscars. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore are outstanding stars. Director Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic […]

Aug, 14

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