Derek Winnert

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Wild Harvest * (1947, Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lloyd Nolan, Will Wright) – Classic Movie Review 10,114

Director Tay Garnett’s 1947 black and white Paramount drama Wild Harvest is based on a story by Houston Branch, with a screenplay by John Monks Jr, and stars Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston and […]

Jul, 31

Mortal Engines ** (2018, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Robert Sheehan, Leila George, Stephen Lang) – Movie Review

Director Christian Rivers’s 2018 teen fantasy action adventure Mortal Engines is very shakily based on the young adult novel of the same name by Philip Reeves. The story is cheesy and unconvincing on screen, lacking […]

Dec, 08

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen *** (2009, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Kevin Dunn, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Julie White, John Turturro) – Classic Movie Review 3291

Shia LaBeouf is back for a third time as geeky Sam Witwicky, who has just enrolled in college, in returning director Michael Bay’s 2009 sci-fi action adventure sequel. Sam just wants to be a normal […]

Jan, 24

Work is a Four-Letter Word * (1968, David Warner, Cilla Black, Elizabeth Spriggs, Zia Mohyeddin, Alan Howard, David Waller) – Classic Movie Review 2783

Henry Livings’s award-winning absurdist play Eh? about giant magic mushrooms gets a livelier title and the then Sixties pop princess Cilla Black, plus a classy star in David Warner, posh theatre director in Peter Hall and […]

Aug, 05

Modern Times ***** (1936, Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 2552

Charles Chaplin’s endlessly clever, inventive and witty 1936 satire on modern factory methods, inspired by René Clair’s famous 1931 left-wing satirical comedy À Nous la Liberté, is a silent comedy made nearly a decade after […]

Jun, 02

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines **** (2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes) – Classic Movie Review 1445

Director Jonathan Mostow’s 2003 sci-fi action thriller blockbuster is fast, furious and funny. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s back for a third time with a loaded arsenal of weapons and a full deck of witty one-liners. T3 sees him […]

Jul, 18

Thir13een Ghosts (2001, F Murray Abraham, Matthew Lillard) – Classic Film Review 1144

Director Steve Beck’s 2001 release is more trashy horror hokum from the Dark Castle production company, again featuring plenty of madcap characters. Neal Stevens and Richard D’Ovidio’s screenplay is based on Robb White’s story for […]

Apr, 25

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