Derek Winnert

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Hatari! ** (1962, John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gérard Blain, Michèle Girardon, Bruce Cabot) – Classic Movie Review 3921

John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli, Red Buttons, Gérard Blain, Michèle Girardon, Bruce Cabot and company look as though they are having a better time than the animals they are chasing in producer-director Howard Hawks’s […]

Jul, 02

The Year of Living Dangerously **** (1982, Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Michael Murphy, Bill Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 3785

Director Peter Weir’s 1982 romantic war drama, based on the novel by C J Koch, is an Aussie classic. The Year of Living Dangerously is 1965 and the dangerous place is Indonesia. Mel Gibson stars as Guy Hamilton, an […]

May, 29

The Black Cobra [Cobra nero] * (1987, Fred Williamson, Eva Grimaldi, Bruno Bilotta) – Classic Movie Review 3709

Fred Williamson stars as maverick lone cop Detective Robert Malone, who tries to stop a crazy biker gang terrorising a woman photographer, in director Stelvio Massi’s grim and trashy 1987 action thriller, written by Danilo Massi. The […]

May, 15

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures **** (2016, documentary) – Movie Review

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s riveting 2016 American documentary film is a fascinating two-hour examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. It captures on camera almost all the important participators in Mapplethorpe’s […]

Apr, 29

Heartless ***½ (2009, Jim Sturgess, Timothy Spall, Luke Treadaway, Clémence Poésy, Eddie Marsan) – Classic Movie Review 3441

Jim Sturgess impresses again as Jamie Morgan, a young misfit photographer with a heart-shaped birthmark on his face, who finds the gangs terrorising his East London neighbourhood are murderous demons. In writer-director Philip Ridley’s first […]

Mar, 02

Absolute Beginners *** (1986, Eddie O’Connell, Patsy Kensit, David Bowie, Ray Davies, James Fox) Classic Movie Review 3257

Director Julien Temple’s 1986 ambitious attempt to adapt Colin MacInnes’s 1959 realistic novel about youth and racism in London into a big-budget fantasy musical fails to hit enough of the right notes. However it does […]

Jan, 11

Life **** (2015, Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Ben Kingsley, Alessandra Mastronardi, Joel Edgerton, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher) – Movie Review

Dane DeHaan brings James Dean to Life in a snappy snap. Set in a kind of fairy tale 1955, Life is an excellent movie, with a sweet story, superlative performances and astounding visuals in a […]

Sep, 24

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