Derek Winnert

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The Disappearance *** (1977, Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, Christopher Plummer, John Hurt, David Warner, Peter Bowles, Virginia McKenna ) – Classic Movie Review 8160

Director Stuart Cooper’s 1977 Canadian neo noir thriller The Disappearance is a sleekly made and intriguing upmarket mystery, based on Derek Marlowe’s novel Echoes of Celandine, starring Donald Sutherland as a contract killer called Jay […]

Feb, 21

Cliffhanger *** (1993, Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker) – Classic Movie Review 8112

Director Renny Harlin’s 1993 adventure thriller Cliffhanger is enjoyably preposterous action entertainment, with Sylvester Stallone as Gabe Walker, a mountain rescuer called in when a plane full of bad guys who have stolen cash from […]

Feb, 10

Il Grande Silenzio [The Big Silence] [The Great Silence] ***** (1968, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli) – Classic Movie Review 7813

Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as a mute in Sergio Corbucci’s brilliant 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western Il Grande Silenzio – a suppressed masterpiece. Co-writer/ director Sergio Corbucci’s ambitious and brilliant Italian-made 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western Il Grande Silenzio [The Big […]

Nov, 20

Laughing Gravy **** (1930, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard) – Classic Movie Review 7523

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy evict their dog, Laughing Gravy, when their mean, dog-hating landlord (Charlie Hall) finds him and then spend the rest of the freezing night looking for him. The boys come up with […]

Aug, 31

The Firemen’s Ball [Horí, má panenko] **** (1967, Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha) – Classic Movie Review 6921

Director Milos Forman’s amusing, closely observed 1967 Czech comedy, made in the style of a Czechoslovakian Jacques Tati but with sharp a political bite, centres on the arrangements for a small Czech provincial town’s annual […]

Apr, 15

The Snowman ** (2017, Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer, J K Simmons) – Movie Review

The Snowman is a disappointment, not a disaster. It’s okay, it passes the time, but much more is needed. The problems are the story lacks credibility and there’s no chemistry between Michael Fassbender and his […]

Oct, 20

The Tall Men *** (1955, Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 5496

Director Raoul Walsh’s gutsy 1955 Western The Tall Men boasts excellent star power with the on-form cast of Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan and Cameron Mitchell, as well as liberal doses of action, romance […]

May, 25

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