Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Tokyo"

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Ai No Korîda [In the Realm of the Senses] **** (1976, Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima) – Classic Movie Review 9393

Writer-director Nagisa Ôshima’s disconcerting passionate sexual drama 1976 Ai No Korîda caused a wave of controversy and was long banned in the UK. This ‘Last Tango in Tokyo’ was finally approved for public screening by the […]

Feb, 16

First Love [Hatsukoi] ** (2019, Masataka Kubota, Sakurako Konishi, Becky) – Movie Review

Masataka Kubota stars in director Takashi Miike’s romantic crime drama First Love [Hatsukoi] (2019) as young boxer Leo, who is unexpectedly knocked him out in the ring, setting him off on a chain of events […]

Oct, 11

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift *** (2006, Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Bow Wow, Brian Tee) – Classic Movie Review 4536

Director Justin Lin’s 2006 American action movie sequel is exciting, busy, fast moving and action packed. It is The Fast and the Furious 3 is all but name. Rebooting the franchise, it stars Lucas Black as American teenager Sean […]

Oct, 26

The Toxic Avenger Part II ** (1989, Ron Fazio, John Altamura, Phoebe Legere) – Classic Movie Review 4378

Producers-directors Michael Herz and Lloyd Kaufman’s 1989 horror spoof sequel is often surprisingly funny, avoiding the trap of being simply stupid that is the fate of most movies of this kind. Some dull patches keep […]

Sep, 18

Flirt *** (1995, Martin Donovan, Robert Burke, Parker Posey, Bill Sage, Michael Imperioli, Elina Löwensohn) – Classic Movie Review 3902

Writer-director Hal Hartley makes as much as he can of a bold if limited idea, filming the same story three times on a different location – New York, Berlin, then Tokyo – with a different […]

Jun, 21

House of Bamboo ***½ (1955, Robert Stack, Robert Ryan, Sessue Hayakawa, Brad Dexter, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Biff Elliot) – Classic Movie Review 3465

Cult writer-director Samuel Fuller’s good-looking 1955 film noir crime thriller about an American protection racket in Tokyo is commendably gritty, tough and edgy. The always reliable actor Robert Stack stars as the undercover agent, US […]

Mar, 11

Walk, Don’t Run *** (1966, Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton) – Classic Movie Review 3071

Cary Grant bows out from the movies on a sweet but minor note at the age of 62. His final screen role in 1966 is a lightweight but pleasant remake of the 1943 comedy The […]

Nov, 20

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