Derek Winnert

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Lord of the Flies *** (1990, Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly) – Classic Movie Review 3597

Director Harry Hook delivers a surprise 1990 remake in widescreen and colour of Peter Brook’s 1963 film based on William Golding’s classic novel about a group of British schoolboys stranded on a desert island who […]

Apr, 21

The Lusty Men **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 3403

Robert Mitchum stars as old-hand rodeo rider Jeff McCloud in director Nicholas Ray’s flavoursome, rather special, character- and atmosphere-driven 1952 Western drama. It is one of Ray’s lesser-known but best movies. Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur […]

Feb, 24

The Company of Wolves **** (1984, Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Graham Crowden, Brian Glover, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 3358)

Based on Angela Carter’s short stories, co-writer/director Neil Jordan’s 1984 British Gothic fantasy horror film is an alluring, visionary Freudian fairy tale for grown-ups. Spooky, sexy, gorgeous and unique, this is a marvellous, special film. […]

Feb, 14

The Gumball Rally **** (1976, Michael Sarrazin, Tim McIntire, Gary Busey, Raul Julia) – Classic Movie Review 3327

Director Chuck (Charles) Bail’s 1976 action comedy is an infectiously entertaining caper in which a bored executive organises a top-speed coast-to-coast rally from New York to Long Beach. A gang of eccentric drivers from across […]

Feb, 05

Strait-Jacket *** (1964, Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater) – Classic Movie Review 3251

‘Tina, bring me the axe’. Joan Crawford stars in the 1964 horror movie Strait-Jacket as an axe-wielding killer. Producer-director William Castle casts the great Joan Crawford, aged 59 in 1964, who follows up her success in […]

Jan, 08

Salem’s Lot **** (1979, David Soul, James Mason, Reggie Nalder, Lance Kerwin, Bonnie Bedelia, Lew Ayres, Julie Cobb, Elisha Cook Jr) – Classic Movie Review 3,232

Tobe Hooper turns Stephen King’s famed 1975 horror novel into the splendidly scary and hugely entertaining 1979 movie Salem’s Lot starring David Soul as writer Ben Mears and James Mason as spooky antique dealer Mr […]

Jan, 05

Heat *** (1972, Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman, Pat Ast) – Classic Movie Review 3,137

Heat, the 1972 final part of director Paul Morrissey’s trilogy for producer Andy Warhol, provides a great role for a brilliant Sylvia Miles as a fading actress who falls for a breathtakingly handsome former child […]

Dec, 07

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