Derek Winnert

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Miami Exposé *** (1956, Lee J Cobb, Patricia Medina, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 12,174

Director Fred F Sears’s 1956 black and white American film noir crime movie Miami Exposé stars Lee J Cobb as Miami police lieutenant Bart Scott who goes after gangster Louis Ascot (Michael Granger) and attorney Raymond Sheridan […]

Jun, 14

Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach * (1988, Bubba Smith, David Graf, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, Matt McCoy) – Classic Movie Review 8339

Director Alan Myerson’s painful 1988 comedy Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach again stars George Gaynes as Commandant Eric Lassard, who goes to Miami to pick up an award (not an Academy Award!) from the […]

Apr, 07

A Hole in the Head *** (1959, Frank Sinatra, Edward G Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Eddie Hodges, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 4726

Alas, a great stage play, a great cast (Frank Sinatra, Edward G Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Eddie Hodges, Keenan Wynn and Joi Lansing), a great director (Frank Capra) and a great song […]

Nov, 30

Step Up 4: Miami Heat [Step Up Revolution] *** (2012, Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Peter Gallagher, Cleopatra Coleman) – Classic Movie Review 4383

With its stupendous dancing and good spirits, but creaky everything else, director Scott Speer’s 2012 Step Up 4 is pleasant and welcome enough, even if it now has no relation to Channing Tatum’s original 2006 Step Up. Kathryn McCormick […]

Sep, 19

The Wild Women of Wongo ** (1958, Jean Hawkshaw, Mary Ann Webb, Candé Gerrard) – Classic Movie Review 2490

‘Savage! Primitive! Untamed!’ Director James L Wolcott’s infamous low-budget 1958 American adventure film The Wild Women of Wongo is a rare so-bad-it’s-good treat. With its stereotypical portrayals of fictional tropical islanders, it is absolutely appallingly […]

May, 16

Up, Close and Personal *** (1996, Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stockard Channing) – Classic Movie Review 1710

An A Star Is Born-style romantic drama is transferred to American local TV, where Michelle Pfeiffer is a bright and shiny young and ambitious worker, helped in her career by brisk and crinkly veteran newsman boss, […]

Sep, 27

Plastic **½ (2014, Ed Speleers, Will Poulter, Alfie Allen, Emma Rigby, Thomas Kretschmann, Sebastian De Souza) – Movie Review

Ed Speleers and Will Poulter star as two arrogant little young London conmen, Sam and Fordy, who are very pleased with themselves as they run a credit card fraud scheme. Fortunately, life is going to teach them […]

May, 01

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