Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "korea"

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Best of the Best ** (1989, Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Sally Kirkland, Phillip Rhee, Christopher Penn) – Classic Movie Review 10,261

Eric Roberts and Christopher Penn star as Alex Grady and Travis Brickley, who lead the five-strong American karate team chosen by Frank Couzo (James Earl Jones) to fight against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do […]

Sep, 03

The Rack ** (1956, Paul Newman, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O’Brien, Lee Marvin, Cloris Leachman, Wendell Corey, Anne Francis) – Classic Movie Review 9522

Director Arnold Laven’s 1956 MGM black and white Korean War drama The Rack is rarely shown and virtually forgotten, despite its inherent interest as drama and a cast that includes Paul Newman, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond […]

Mar, 17

The Return *** (2018, Karoline Sofie Lee, Thomas Hwan) – Movie Review

Karoline Sofie Lee and Thomas Hwan play two Danish-Korean adoptees in their early thirties, who leave Denmark and return for the first time to Korea, where they were born and given up for adoption, for […]

Nov, 15

Starlift ** (1951, Peter Marshall, Tommy Noonan, Janice Rule, Dick Wesson, Ron Hagerthy, Richard Webb, Howard St John, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo) – Classic Movie Review 7,679

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1951 musical film Starlift, based on the real-life sending of a bunch of jolly stars to San Francisco’s Travis Air Base to entertain injured veterans and worried troops bound for Korea, […]

Oct, 20

Train to Busan [Busanhaeng] **** (2016, Yoo Gong, Soo-an Kim, Yu-mi Jeong) – Movie Review

OMG, it’s those pesky zombies again! A virus breaks out in South Korea and turns people into zombies, and the only way out alive from Seoul is to take the train to Busan. But, the […]

Sep, 14

The Manchurian Candidate ***** (1962, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury) – Classic Movie Review 239

This dazzling, brilliant Sixties conspiracy political thriller from 1962 is cleverly adapted by George Axelrod from Richard Condon’s famous novel. The Manchurian Candidate won no Oscars but it’s now legendary, thanks to its ingenious plot […]

Sep, 14

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