Derek Winnert

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Hellfighters ** (1968, John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Bruce Cabot, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 6731

Director Andrew V McLaglen’s indifferent 1969 movie Hellfighters stars John Wayne as ace oil rig fire fighter Chance Buckman, who fights oil fires instead of Indians, in this desperately routine, seemingly carelessly handled, macho adventure yarn […]

Feb, 24

Firestarter *** (1984, Drew Barrymore, David Keith, Heather Locklear, George C Scott, Martin Sheen, Art Carney, Freddie Jones, Louise Fletcher) – Classic Movie Review 6012

Drew Barrymore stars in a career-starter early horror role as a precocious eight-year-old little girl called ‘Charlie’ McGee, who can ignite objects with just a glance. David Keith also stars as her dad ‘Andy’ McGee, who is […]

Sep, 11

It Comes at Night **** (2017, Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Riley Keough) – Movie Review

‘I think they’re sick. You don’t get it, if they’re sick, then I am too.’ Writer-director Trey Edward Shults’s good but gloomy and depressing horror movie stars Joel Edgerton, who is doing his usual sterling […]

Jul, 08

Quest for Fire **** (1981, Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong) – Classic Movie Review 5335

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s bizarre and ambitious 1981 prehistoric times historical adventure epic is impossible to classify and often impenetrable. Never the less, as an attempt to recreate a savage, dawning world, it is mighty impressive. […]

Apr, 23

The Saga of Gosta Berling [Gösta Berling’s Saga] **** (1924, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson) – Classic Movie Review 5324

In this extremely intriguing curio 1924 Swedish silent movie epic, Greta Garbo stars as Elizabeth Dohna in her first leading part in a feature-length film, co-starring Lars Hanson, and directed by her mentor, the celebrated […]

Apr, 20

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ***½ (1961, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Sterling, Joan Fontaine, Peter Lorre, Barbara Eden, Michael Ansara, Frankie Avalon, Henry Daniell, Regis Toomey) – Classic Movie Review 4860

Co-writer/ producer/ director Irwin Allen’s jolly 1961 sci-fi action adventure disaster movie tells his story about an atomic submarine sent to fix a hole in the Earth’s core. Walter Pidgeon plays the US Navy commander, […]

Jan, 08

How Awful About Allan **½ (1970, Anthony Perkins, Julie Harris, Joan Hackett, Kent Smith) – Classic Movie Review 4820

Director Curtis Harrington’s intense 1970 psychological thriller stars Anthony Perkins as Allan, a tormented psychosomatic blind man who thinks that his release from an eight-month stay in a mental hospital and his proximity to his […]

Dec, 30

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