Derek Winnert

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Wetherby *** (1985, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Marjorie Yates, Tom Wilkinson, Joely Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 10,332

The 1985 British drama Wetherby is a typical piece from writer David Hare – dour, intelligent and enigmatic – with Vanessa Redgrave starring as Jean Travers, a spinster teacher interested in a weird chap (Tim […]

Sep, 21

Shivers [They Came from Within] *** (1975, Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Barbara Steele) – Classic Movie Review 9515

The infamous 1975 David Cronenberg Canadian science fiction body horror film shocker Shivers [They Came from Within] is his breakthrough third movie, following Stereo and Crimes of the Future and preceding Rabid (1977). It stars […]

Mar, 16

City Heat ** (1984, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn, Rip Torn, Irene Cara, Richard Roundtree, Tony Lo Bianco) – Classic Movie Review 7566

Director Richard Benjamin’s 1984 period crime action comedy City Heat is a fairly damaging moment in the careers of Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood as both stars are forced to flounder desperately in a vacuum […]

Sep, 13

Revolution * (1985, Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 6958

Director Hugh Hudson’s costly and ambitious but doomed 1985 historical drama Revolution proved a disaster for the British director, who misguidedly examines what it was like to be swept up in the American War of […]

Apr, 22

St Ives *** (1976, Charles Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset, John Houseman, Harry Guardino, Maximilian Schell, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 6782

Director J Lee Thompson’s 1976 mystery thriller stars Charles Bronson as ex-crime reporter and now thriller novel writer Raymond ‘Ray’ St Ives, who is drawn into a series of murders by scheming Abner Procane (John Houseman) and […]

Mar, 09

Blade of the Immortal [Mugen no jûnin] *** (2017, Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi) – Movie Review 

The hundredth film by master director Takashi Miike is Blade of the Immortal [Mugen no jûnin], which stars Takuya Kimura as skilled samurai Manji, cursed by some ancient crone with immortality after a legendary battle in which he more […]

Oct, 25

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh ** (1995, Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Timothy Carhart, Veronica Cartwright) – Classic Movie Review 6117

Clive Barker’s hook-handed serial killer the Candyman (Tony Todd effectively reprising his 1992 role in Candyman) is brought back to life to scare New Orleans this time. The immortal killer goes off after a young school teacher, […]

Oct, 20

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