Derek Winnert

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Spanglish **** (2004, Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, Cloris Leachman) – Classic Movie Review 8447

Writer-director James L Brooks’ enjoyable and edgy 2004 rom-com drama Spanglish manages rare bite, truth and humour – and is just that little bit different. Adam Sandler makes a very good job indeed of a […]

May, 08

Battleground **** (1949, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Scotty Beckett) – Classic Movie Review 6714

Director William Wellman’s important and distinguished, if necessarily grim 1949 iconic war movie won Oscars for its screenplay by Robert Pirosh, who was involved in the actual Battle of the Bulge, and for Paul C […]

Feb, 21

Breakdown **** (1997, Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan) – Classic Movie Review 2928

Co-writer/director Jonathan Mostow’s excellent 1997 action thriller, is a high-anxiety suspense hit for Kurt Russell. Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are moving to California and must drive across the country to get […]

Sep, 26

Bad Day at Black Rock ***** (1955, Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin) – Classic Movie Review 429

Director John Sturges’s brilliant 1955 Western thriller is his finest celluloid moment, bringing simmering, atmospheric suspense scaldingly to the boil. Spencer Tracy relishes one of his finest roles as one-armed army veteran John J Macreedy, who arrives […]

Nov, 20

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