Derek Winnert

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Sniper *** (1993, Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 11,272

‘One Shot. One Kill. No Exceptions.’ Director Luis Llosa’s 1993 Sniper stars Billy Zane as American rookie Richard Miller, who is helicoptered into South America to join US Marine veteran Thomas Beckett (Tom Berenger) on […]

Jun, 05

The Wall ** (2017, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Cena, Laith Nakli) – Movie Review

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and WWE wrestler John Cena star as American soldiers trapped by, and at the sadistic mercy of, a unseen a lethal Iraqi sniper (voice of Laith Nakli) in director Doug Liman’s sweatily intense, […]

Jul, 30

Beachhead **** (1954, Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy, Eduard Franz) – Classic Movie Review 5491

Director Stuart Heisler’s gritty, extremely decent little 1954 wartime action thriller unusually has a speaking cast of only seven, with just one woman – Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy, Eduard Franz, Skip Homeier, John […]

May, 24

The Lost Patrol **** (1934, Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J M Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 3893

John Ford’s 1934 wartime adventure film tells a still stirring classic tale of a World War One British army patrol of a dozen soldiers lost in the Mesopotamian desert and facing constant sniper attacks from unseen […]

Jun, 20

Targets ****½ (1968, Boris Karloff, Tim O’Kelly, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Peter Bogdanovich) – Classic Movie Review 3874

Writer-director Peter Bogdanovich’s controversial 1968 film début hit hard in its day and still packs a punch, remaining a seriously relevant thriller. It promised a great future for Bogdanovich, which, for a while in the […]

Jun, 16

John Wick **** (2014, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane) – Classic Movie Review 2,286

Keanu Reeves stars in the 2014 action thriller film as the ex-hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement to fight a one-man war against the gangsters who steal his car and kill his dog, […]

Mar, 20

The Gunman ** (2015, Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Ray Winstone, Mark Rylance, Idris Elba, Jasmine Trinca) – Movie Review

Sean Penn takes on the Liam Neeson role in this Euro-thriller from Pierre Morel, the director of Taken (2008). But Neeson doesn’t have to worry, he’s still the man. Penn plays Jim Terrier, a mercenary assassination team […]

Mar, 19

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