Derek Winnert

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Breaking Away **** (1979, Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley) – Classic Movie Review 4034

Best known for his thrillers, British director Peter Yates delivers a triumph with this exhilarating 1979 American comedy, with a smashing lead performance from Dennis Christopher, who deserved to go on to stardom. Christopher plays […]

Jul, 17

And Soon the Darkness *** (1970, Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès) – Classic Movie Review 3350

This tense and involving 1970 women in peril British chiller stars Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice and Sandor Elès. TV’s Avengers writer Brian Clemens and Dr Who writer Terry Nation pump some style into this creepy, […]

Feb, 12

Finding Forrester ***½ (2001, Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin) – Classic Movie Review 1518

Want to see Sean Connery spouting literature and cycling along the streets of New York? Director Gus Van Sant’s 2001 drama is the film for you! The 70-year-old Connery brings on his prose, his pushbike […]

Aug, 04

A Long Way Down *** (2014, Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Aaron Paul) – Movie Review

The stars of Need for Speed, Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots, reunite for this well-meaning, good-natured but rather depressing little drama based on Nick Hornby’s novel. It would be depressing, wouldn’t it? It’s about suicide. The […]

Mar, 20

The Armstrong Lie – Film Review

On October 22, 2012 Lance Armstrong was stripped of the seven Tour de France titles he won from 1999 to 2005 for taking drugs. Famous Oscar-winning documentary film-maker Alex Gibney followed Armstrong for four years to […]

Jan, 29

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