Derek Winnert

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The Mask of Zorro **** (1998, Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones) – Classic Movie Review 2316

Director Martin Campbell’s 1998  American swashbuckler movie The Mask of Zorro is a brilliant, old-style adventure entertainment that proves they could still make them like they used to. It is based on the character of […]

Mar, 25

Paint Your Wagon *** (1969, Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg) – Classic Movie Review 2183

Director Joshua Logan’s 1969 musical is infamous as the one that got Clint Eastwood singing (‘I Talk to the Trees’) and landed Lee Marvin with a number one UK pop chart hit (‘Wand’rin’ Star’), earning […]

Feb, 19

1941 **** (1979, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 1,941

Steven Spielberg’s 1979 epic comedy film 1941 about a Japanese submarine arriving off Los Angeles, causing panic in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was a huge, unexpected flop. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams and […]

Dec, 10

The Case Against 8 **** (2014, Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Jeff Zarrillo, Paul Katami) – Movie Review

Directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White’s epic documentary looks at the epic legal battle to overthrow California’s Proposition 8, which ended gay marriages there when a surprisingly large number of right-wing Californian bigots voted yes to a new provision to […]

Nov, 14

The Grapes of Wrath ***** (1940, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 1825

Best Director John Ford and Best Supporting Actress Jane Darwell both won essential Oscars for this stupendous 1940 film of the John Steinbeck story about the odyssey of the Joads. They are a poor Oklahoma farming […]

Nov, 10

The Lost Boys **** (1987, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter) – Classic Movie Review 1823

Sparky, imaginative, eye-catching and often very funny, director Joel Schumacher’s exuberant 1987 vampire teen horror movie is an enduring pleasure as a treasured Eighties relic. It revived the vampire film, giving it a cool, sexy spin for […]

Nov, 09

Mighty Joe Young *** (1998, Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron) – Classic Movie Review 1744

Poor old gorilla! – this time he’s snatched from the jungle to live in a California zoo, run by kindly keeper David Paymer. He goes rampaging in LA a bit – causing havoc on Hollywood […]

Oct, 05

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