Derek Winnert

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Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery *** (2008, Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Nelson Wong, Daryl Shuttleworth) – Classic Movie Review 12,822

A gay gumshoe who loves mysteries, Martinis and his man. What’s not to like? The robust and entertaining 2008 mystery film Ice Blues stars Chad Allen as gay detective Donald Strachey, caught up in deceit […]

Mar, 10

Riley ***½ (2023, Jake Holley, Colin McCalla, Riley Quinn Scott, Connor Storrie, Rib Hillis) – Classic Movie Review 12,821

Benjamin Howard’s impressive, authentic 2023 feature film debut Riley is based on his own experience as a student athlete, with an standout performance by Jake Holley as a high-school jock struggling to confront his sexuality.  Writer-director […]

Mar, 07

Condemned! *** (1929, Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Louis Wolheim, Dudley Digges, William Elmer) – Classic Movie Review 12,820

Ronald Colman stars in the 1929 melodrama film Condemned! as a suave thief sent Devil’s Island where he falls for Madame Vidal (Ann Harding), the wife of the sadistic warden Vidal (Dudley Digges). Director Wesley […]

Mar, 04

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer [La mafia uccide solo d’estate] *** (2013, Pif, Cristiana Capotondi) – Classic Movie Review 12,819

The 2013 Italian comedy-drama film The Mafia Kills Only In Summer follows the troubled history in Sicily from the late Seventies to 1992, mocking Mafia bosses and toasting the heroes of Antimafia, while a boy […]

Mar, 02

…tick… tick… tick… *** (1970, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin, Don Stroud, Clifton James) – Classic Movie Review 12,818

Jim Brown stars as an African American man elected as the sheriff of a rural county in the American South, in the 1970 American crime drama thriller film …tick…tick…tick.. Director Ralph Nelson’s 1970 crime drama thriller […]

Mar, 01

Emergency Call [The Hundred Hour Hunt] *** (1952, Jack Warner, Joy Shelton, Anthony Steel, Sidney James, Sydney Tafler) – Classic Movie Review 12,784

Director Lewis Gilbert’s 1952 drama film Emergency Call [The Hundred Hour Hunt] stars Jack Warner, Joy Shelton, Anthony Steel, Sidney James and Sydney Tafler. Scotland Yard Inspector Lane (Jack Warner desperately tries to find the […]

Jan, 07

The Mad Game *** (1933, Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Ralph Morgan, J Carrol Naish, John Miljan, Howard Lally, Matt McHugh, Kathleen Burke) – Classic Movie Review 12,779

Spencer Tracy is excellent as a bootlegging gangster, in the busy 1933 mob movie The Mad Game. Director Irving Cummings’s 1933 American Pre-Code crime drama film The Mad Game stars Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor, […]

Jan, 04

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