Derek Winnert

Reviews

Sweet Kill [The Arousers] ** (1972, Tab Hunter, Cherie Latimer, Nadyne Turney, Isabel Jewell) – Classic Movie Review 12,082

The 1972 tacky and tawdry B-movie horror thriller film Sweet Kill [The Arousers] [A Kiss from Eddie] is written and directed by Oscar-winner Curtis Hanson in his directorial debut, is produced by Roger Corman, and […]

Apr, 23

A Connecticut Yankee *** (1931, Will Rogers, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 12,081

Director David Butler’s 1931 Fox Film Corporation black and white comedy A Connecticut Yankee is based on Mark Twain’s 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and stars Will Rogers, Myrna Loy and […]

Apr, 22

Union City ***½ (1980, Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscombe, Irena Maleeva, Everett McGill, Sam McMurray, Pat Benatar) – Classic Movie Review 12,080

Writer-director Mark Reichert’s 1980 American neo-noir crime mystery thriller film Union City is a first-class 40s-style retro-film noir, a neat little style object, with Deborah Harry of Blondie fame on fine form as a femme fatale, Lillian, […]

Apr, 21

Union Station **** (1950, William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald, Nancy Olson, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 12,079

The suspenseful 1950 film noir Union Station stars William Holden, Barry Fitzgerald and Nancy Olson. A villain (Lyle Bettger) abducts a blind teenage girl (Allene Roberts) for the ransom, but a tough police lieutenant (William […]

Apr, 21

Judex ***** (1916, René Cresté, Musidora, René Poyen, Édouard Mathé, Gaston Michel, Yvonne Dario) – Classic Movie Review 12,069

Director Louis Feuillade’s 1916 French film serial Judex silent film classic narrates the adventures of The Shadow/ Batman-like crusading pulp hero Judex, and stars French matinee idol René Cresté as Jacques de Tremeuse aka Judex […]

Apr, 18

V I Warshawski * (1991, Kathleen Turner, Jay O Sanders, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 12,068

Director Jeff Kanew’s flop 1991 American action-comedy crime film V I Warshawski stars Kathleen Turner, who is promisingly cast as novelist Sara Paretsky’s hardboiled feminist Chicago private eye Victoria Iphigenia Warshawski. But thereafter everything goes wrong for […]

Apr, 18

Prince of the City **** (1981, Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban, Lindsay Crouse, James Tolkan) – Classic Movie Review 12,067

Sidney Lumet’s 1981 neo-noir crime drama film Prince of the City is an intense, intelligent and extraordinary police epic. Treat Williams gets one of his best roles as Detective Daniel Ciello, the drugs cop who […]

Apr, 17

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