Derek Winnert

Reviews

When I Grow Up *** (1951, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Preston, Martha Scott, Charley Grapewin) – Classic Movie Review 12,083

When I Grow Up (1951) is the only film directed by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Michael Kanin.  Writer-director Michael Kanin’s 1951 drama When I Grow Up stars Bobby Driscoll, Robert Preston, Charley Grapewin, Martha Scott, Sherry Jackson, Johnny McGovern and Frances […]

Apr, 25

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

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