Derek Winnert

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Deep Impact *** (1998, Elijah Wood, Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman, Maximilian Schell, James Cromwell, Ron Eldard, Jon Favreau) – Classic Movie Review 1104

Director Mimi Leder’s feisty, old-style apocalyptic 1998 disaster movie stars Elijah Wood as a keen young amateur astrologer who spots an unidentified star, and soon it is all stations red alert as a massive comet […]

Apr, 17

Grosse Pointe Blank **** (1997, John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, Alan Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 1092

Director George Armitage’s amusingly quirky, very dark 1997 comedy drama Grosse Pointe Blank stars John Cusack, who gives an outstanding performance – one of his very best – as a man reluctant to attend his […]

Apr, 14

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen *** (2003, Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Shane West, Jason Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 1082

Sean Connery stars as adventurer Allan Quatermain in director Stephen Norrington’s lively 2003 fantasy comic book adventure, in which seven famous characters from Victorian fiction combine to stop a maniac known as The Fantom from starting […]

Apr, 12

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service ***½ (1969, George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas) – Classic Movie Review 991

Director Peter R Hunt’s 1969 007 movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service finds Sean Connery temporarily replaced as James Bond with an entirely adequate George Lazenby. The former male model got only one shot at […]

Mar, 25

Guys and Dolls **** (1955, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine) – Classic Movie Review 925

The four-Oscar-winning writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz films one of Broadway’s finest, all-time-great shows, based on the famous short stories by Damon Runyon. He turns it into a genially pleasing, attractively easy-going, if none too cinematic […]

Mar, 17

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 Expendables *** (2010, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 804

‘We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.’ – Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone). Mercenaries Sylvester Stallone (aged 64), Jason Statham (38) and Jet Li (47) […]

Feb, 05

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