Derek Winnert

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Cairo ** (1963, George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamamah, John Meillon, Eric Pohlmann) – Classic Movie Review 8,203

The 1963 black and white Egypt jewel treasures heist caper thriller film Cairo is one of MGM’s three attempted remakes of the 1950 classic The Asphalt Jungle, with the supposedly ‘perfect’ robbery this time effectively […]

Mar, 05

Nurse Betty **** (2000, Renée Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Aaron Eckhart) – Classic Movie Review 8040

Director Neil LaBute’s 2000 comedy Nurse Betty stars Renée Zellweger, who is marvellous as the cheery but strange and dogged Kansas City waitress Betty, who goes off in search of her smug soap-opera idol Dr David Ravell […]

Jan, 21

The Devil’s Own * (1997, Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitchell Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 7884

Director Alan J Pakula’s The Devil’s Own (1997) is a poor and diabolically misguided action crime drama using the IRA, gunmen and terrorism as a subject for thriller entertainment. Brad Pitt makes the mistake of playing deadly […]

Dec, 05

They Go Boom! *** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin) – Classic Movie Review 7861

‘Mr Hardy had the sniffles – his carburetor hadn’t been right for days and days.’ Stan Laurel ministers to Oliver Hardy, who has got a terrible cold, but naturally he soon nearly wrecks the place, […]

Dec, 01

The Wild Ride *** (1960, Jack Nicholson, Georgianna Carter, Robert Bean) – Classic Movie Review 7851

Producer-director Harvey Berman’s 1960 The Wild Ride stars Jack Nicholson as rebellious Beat Generation punk Johnny Varron, an amateur dirt track driver, party boy and trouble maker. [Spoiler alert] Johnny is on the road to ruin. He kidnaps […]

Nov, 28

Thunder Road **** (2018, Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jim Cummings also stars brilliantly in the clever, charming and heartfelt Thunder Road (2018) as police officer Jim Arnaud, who goes into a personal meltdown after his divorce and the death of his mother, leading to […]

Oct, 14

Liberty **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 7526

Writer-director Leo McCarey’s 1929 20-minute two-reeler black and white short film Liberty stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as escaped convicts from warden Tom Kennedy’s prison, having trouble with their stripey prison clothes during their […]

Sep, 01

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