Derek Winnert

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The Treasure Seekers ** (1979, Rod Taylor, Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Jeremy Kemp, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 11,012

Director Henry Levin’s 1977 The Treasure Seekers stars Rod Taylor, who also wrote the screenplay (based on a story by Walter Brough) for this minor, routine action and romance adventure film about two old college […]

Mar, 11

Flame in the Streets **** (1961, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Johnny Sekka, Earl Cameron, Meredith Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 9148

The 1961 British drama film Flame in the Streets stars John Mills as a large company’s union organiser who struggles when his only daughter (Sylvia Syms) announces that she plans to wed her Jamaican boyfriend […]

Dec, 12

Yardie ** (2018, Aml Ameen, Stephen Graham, Fraser James ) – Movie Review

Idris Elba’s intriguing but shaky 2018 directorial debut Yardie is a decent and entertaining enough London gangland revenge crime thriller, but overall must count as a bit of disappointment. The problems are a weak period […]

Jun, 03

Live and Let Die **** (1973, Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Julius Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Gloria Hendry) – Classic Movie Review 1022

Directed by Guy Hamilton in 1973, Roger Moore’s debut film as British Secret Service agent 007 is one of the best of his series of seven Bond movies. Live and Let Die is the eighth in the Eon […]

Mar, 30

White Squall **** (1996, Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Ryan Phillippe, Scott Wolf, Ethan Embry, Jeremy Sisto) – Classic Movie Review 654

Jeff Bridges stars as sea captain Christopher ‘Skipper’ Sheldon, who teaches a bunch of teenage lads the ropes aboard ships, in this 1996 thrilling, old-style high-seas adventure. It’s based on a real tale in 1960 when […]

Jan, 08

Dr No ***** (1962, Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Anthony Dawson, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Eunice Gayson, Zena Marshall, Jack Lord) – Classic Movie Review 208

British Secret Service agent 007 makes his epoch-making debut in Dr No in 1962. A fresh-faced, youngish-looking, lean and lithe Sean Connery (aged 32) makes his spy début confidently and charismatically in the role he will always […]

Aug, 31

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