Derek Winnert

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Brideshead Revisited ***** (1981, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diana Quick, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 9289

Directors Charles Sturridge and Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s monumental and magnificent 1981 Brideshead Revisited is Granada Television’s sumptuous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel about England’s decadent and declining upper-class between the world wars, made in 11 episodes. […]

Jan, 22

Order of Death [Cop Killer] [l’assassino dei poliziotti] *** (1983, Harvey Keitel, John Lydon, Nicole Garcia, Leonard Mann, Sylvia Sidney) – Classic Movie Review 9086

Director Roberto Faenza’s fascinating 1983 Italian crime thriller Order of Death [Cop Killer] [l’assassino dei poliziotti] [Corrupt] is a tautly made and intriguingly written thriller based on Hugh Fleetwood’s 1977 psychological novel The Order of […]

Nov, 21

Whispering Smith **** (1948, Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 6990

Whispering Smith (1948) is notable as Alan Ladd’s first Western and first colour film, moving him on from the film noir movies such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942) and The Blue Dahlia (1946) and on to Shane (1953). Ladd stars in […]

May, 02

Brief Moment ** (1933, Carole Lombard, Gene Raymond, Donald Cook, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Hohl) –  Classic Movie Review 6760

Director David Burton’s 1933 American pre-Code drama film Brief Moment stars Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond, and is based on the play by S N Behrman. The Depression Era story has a heavily laid-on moral about using your gifts and abilities, whether […]

Mar, 04

Warlock **** (1959, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Dolores Michaels) – Classic Movie Review 6494

Producer-director Edward Dmytryk’s ambitious and gripping 1959 adult Western has a strong cast headed by Henry Fonda as a famous cultured gun-slinging killer called Clay Blaisedell, who is hired as lawman by the cowardly citizens […]

Dec, 30

Ride the Wild Surf ** (1964, Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter, Peter Brown, Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden) – Classic Movie Review 5963

Sixties heartthrobs Fabian Forte, Tab Hunter and Peter Brown ride the Hawaiian surf and romance lovelies Shelley Fabares, Barbara Eden and Susan Hart, in director Don Taylor’s frothy and flaky 1964 Ride the Wild Surf, […]

Aug, 24

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge *** (1985, Robert Englund, Mark Patton, Kim Myers, Robert Rusler, Clu Gulager, Hope Lange, Marshall Bell, Sydney Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 4550

The gory 1985 horror thriller sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy’s Revenge is a cult classic among both horror fans and the LGBTQ community. It is now celebrated as being one of […]

Oct, 28

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