Derek Winnert

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon **** (1953, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Mary Wickes, Billy Gray) – 2018 Classic Movie Review 7681

Director David Butler’s 1953 warm-hearted musical delight By the Light of the Silvery Moon brings back Doris Day and Gordon MacRae for further charming and enjoyable adventures in Warner Bros’ follow-up to the 1951 hit On […]

Oct, 20

The Promise **½ (2016, Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ director Terry George’s costly-looking, beautifully shot movie is an old-style historical epic, an ambitious and good hearted but inevitably depressing look at the now little-known story of the Armenian genocide by the Turks, during the last […]

Apr, 25

Midnight Express **** (1978, Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paul L Smith, Norbert Weisser, Mike Kellin) – Classic Movie Review 2073

Director Alan Parker’s horrific double Oscar-winning 1978 real-life drama of courage and the will to survive stars Brad Davis, who digs deep into his role of a lifetime as the young American college student Billy […]

Jan, 12

Gallipoli **** (1981, Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr) – Classic Movie Review 420

Director Peter Weir’s brilliantly realised, frighteningly realistic 1981 anti-war movie, which packs a gut-wrenching punch to the heart and brain, is powerful and moving in the best traditions of great Aussie film-making. Mel Gibson and […]

Nov, 18

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