Derek Winnert

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The Last Detail ***** (1973, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Otis Young, Carol Kane, Clifton James, Michael Moriarty, Gilda Radner, Nancy Allen) – Classic Movie Review 924

Jack Nicholson stars in 1973 with Otis Young as US Navy lifer veterans who are commissioned to escort a young pilferer named Meadows to the brig in Portsmouth. His terrible crime was to try to […]

Mar, 16

The Dirty Dozen ***** (1967, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Robert Ryan, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, John Cassavetes, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 813

Robert Aldrich’s 1967 World War Two action movie The Dirty Dozen is a fondly remembered, often screened blockbuster smash-hit. It’s not a subtle film but it is a brilliantly exciting one, with an iconic cast. […]

Feb, 08

The Last Castle **** (2001, Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo) – Classic Movie Review 752

Robert Redford enjoys his tailor-made part as a jailed three-star general, who rallies 1,000 inmates to rise up against their evil governor, in director Rod Lurie’s involving and finally exciting 2001 prison movie thriller. As […]

Jan, 26

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ***** (1943, Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook) – Classic Movie Review 599

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s unique, warm-hearted 1943 epic drama The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is a master-crafted jewel in the crown of British cinema as one of the nation’s best ever […]

Dec, 30

Independence Day **** (1996, Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Randy Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 576

‘I don’t think they flew 90 billion light years to start a fight,’ says pilot Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) when a huge flying saucer appears over Los Angeles one morning. But he’s wrong, and […]

Dec, 27

Starship Troopers **** (1997, Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer) – Classic Movie Review 494

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 movie is an exciting, vibrant and gruesomely violent sci-fi satire spectacular, in which the Earth is threatened by an enemy from Outer Space – whole massive regiments of giant insects. Idealistic […]

Dec, 10

Full Metal Jacket ***** (1987, Matthew Modine, R Lee Ermey, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Classic Movie Review 324

‘I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be “Sir”. Do you […]

Oct, 26

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