Derek Winnert

Reviews

Crime Doctor *** (1943, Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins, Harold Huber, Leon Ames, Don Costello, Constance Worth, Dorothy Tree) – Classic Movie Review 12,181

Director Michael Gordon’s 1943 mystery thriller Crime Doctor is the film (based on a popular 1940-1947 American radio show by Max Marcin) that started off a series of 10 Crime Doctor features (from 1943-47), with Warner […]

Jun, 18

Just Before Dawn ** (1946, Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 12,180

‘A FACELESS KILLER ON THE LOOSE!’ Just Before Dawn (1946) is the creepy sixth Crime Doctor mystery film episode, in which bad guys make Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) deliver a killer injection. ‘A […]

Jun, 18

Dorian [Pact with the Devil] ** (2003, Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Erickson, Victoria Sanchez, Christoph Waltz, Amy Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 12,179

Malcolm McDowell and Ethan Erickson star in the 2003 film Dorian [Pact with the Devil], updated from Oscar Wilde’s novel about an ambitious young man who sells his soul to the devil, ageless while his […]

Jun, 17

Dorian Gray *** (1970, Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom, Marie Liljedahl) – Classic Movie Review 12,178

Divine decadence with Helmut Berger as the perfect, beautiful, debauched-looking Dorian in the 1970 Oscar Wilde sexploitation film Dorian Gray.  Co-writer/ director Massimo Dallamano’s 1970 Euromovie Dorian Gray stars Helmut Berger, who makes the perfect, beautiful, […]

Jun, 16

Just Tell Me What You Want * (1980, Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Tony Roberts, Dina Merrill, Peter Weller) – Classic Movie Review 12,175

The 1980 film Just Tell Me What You Want is a misfire from usually dependable director Sidney Lumet, who fails to give this soapy, sour comedy any real bite. Alan King’s Max Herschel, a horrid, […]

Jun, 16

Just the Way You Are * (1984, Kristy McNichol, Michael Ontkean, André Dussolier, Robert Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 12,177

Kristy McNichol struggles valiantly in Edouard Molinaro’s superficial 1984 romantic comedy-drama disability film Just the Way You Are. Director Edouard Molinaro’s 1984 superficial disability film Just the Way You Are is a very bitty movie, […]

Jun, 16

Just the Ticket ** (1998, Andy Garcia, Andie MacDowell) – Classic Movie Review 12,176

Writer-director Richard Wenk’s 1998 romantic comedy film Just the Ticket stars appealing Andy Garcia and Andie MacDowell. Ticket tout Gary Starke (Garcia) has a girlfriend called Linda (MacDowell) who wants to be a restaurateur, helps […]

Jun, 16

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