Derek Winnert

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This Is England ***** (2006, Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Jack O’Connell, Joseph Gilgun, Kieran Hardcastle, Andrew Shim) – Classic Movie Review 3724

This Is England is, arguably, writer-director Shane Meadows’s chillingly realistic 2006 masterpiece. It features an astounding performance by Thomas Turgoose (aged 14) as Shaun, a 12-year-old English boy who becomes friends with bitter, racist, psychotic Combo (Stephen Graham) and a […]

May, 20

Savage Nights [Les Nuits Fauves] **** (1992, Cyril Collard, Romane Bohringer, Carlos López) – Classic Movie Review 3635

‘I feel I’m going through life like an American tourist, doing as many towns as possible.’ – Jean. Writer-director Cyril Collard stars as the bisexual HIV-positive film-maker Jean in his own promising movie Savage Nights [Les […]

May, 01

Louder than Bombs **** (2015, Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid, Amy Ryan, David Strathairn) – Movie Review

Exquisitely handled, tenderly performed, touchingly heartfelt family drama of a father (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons Jonah and Conrad (Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid) forced to confront their different feelings and memories of the boys’ dead war […]

Apr, 29

The Terror of the Tongs *** (1961, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone) – Classic Movie Review 3300

NOW YOU CAN SEE SPINE-TINGLING TONG TERROR! Director Anthony Bushell’s 1961 British thriller stars Geoffrey Toone as British sea captain Jackson Sale, a brave merchant seaman who attempts to discover the murderers of his daughter and […]

Jan, 30

The Drowning Pool *** (1975, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Melanie Griffith, Tony Franciosa, Murray Hamilton, Richard Jaeckel, Coral Browne) – Classic Movie Review 2935

Director Stuart Rosenberg’s 1975 mystery thriller The Drowning Pool stars Paul Newman, who reprises his role as Ross MacDonald’s cynical private eye Lew Harper (Archer in the novels) in an acceptable sequel to his far […]

Oct, 03

Breakdown **** (1997, Kurt Russell, J T Walsh, Kathleen Quinlan) – Classic Movie Review 2928

Co-writer/director Jonathan Mostow’s excellent 1997 action thriller, is a high-anxiety suspense hit for Kurt Russell. Jeff Taylor (Russell) and his wife Amy (Kathleen Quinlan) are moving to California and must drive across the country to get […]

Sep, 26

Green Street [Green Street Hooligans] *** (2005, Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani ) – Classic Movie Review 2724

Writer-director Lexi Alexander 2005 British-American independent sport and crime drama tackles the issue of football hooliganism. Elijah Wood stars as American journalism major Matt Buckner, who is expelled from Harvard University after cocaine is discovered […]

Jul, 21

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