Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "police thriller"

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Quai des Orfèvres **** (1947, Louis Jouvet, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Pierre Larquey, Simone Renant, Charles Dullin) – Classic Movie Review 6642

Co-writer/ director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s beautifully acted and exquisitely crafted 1947 French policier thriller Quai des Orfrèvres is outstanding even in a genre the French regularly do so well. In Paris’s equivalent to Scotland Yard, the 36, […]

Feb, 02

Dark Blue *** (2002, Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Brendan Gleeson) – Classic Movie Review 2927

Kurt Russell is great as Eldon Perry, a corrupt LAPD cop in director Ron Shelton’s dark and often chilling 2003 thriller set during the racially-charged 1991 LA riots. The LAPD’s elite Special Investigations Squad is […]

Sep, 26

Internal Affairs **** (1990, Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Laurie Metcalf, Nancy Travis, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Annabella Sciorra) – Classic Movie Review 2815

In one of his best movies, Richard Gere blazes back on to the screen in 1990 as a bent cop in this brutal, electrifying neo noir police thriller. It is commandingly directed in America by […]

Aug, 15

The Call *** (2013, Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund) – Movie Review

Halle Berry’s the perfect fit here as a veteran 911 emergency call centre operator who takes over the call when an average American teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) is abducted by a serial killer (Michael Eklund) […]

Sep, 17

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