Derek Winnert

Reviews

Blind Alley **** (1939, Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak) – Classic Movie Review 11,813

Director Charles Vidor’s 1939 black and white Columbia Pictures film Blind Alley is a trail-blazing psychoanalysis film-noir thriller, about murderously tough hood Hal Wilson (Chester Morris) busting loose from jail and hiding out with a […]

Dec, 28

The Dark Past *** (1948, William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J Cobb, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Berry Kroeger) – Classic Movie Review 11,812

Director Rudolph Maté’s American 1948 extended flashback black and white psychological thriller The Dark Past is a suspenseful remake of the 1939 film Blind Alley, based on the 1935 play Blind Alley by James Warwick, with […]

Dec, 28

Venom: Let There Be Carnage * (2021, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris, Reid Scott, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu) – Movie Review

The 2021 Anglo-American Marvel Comics superhero film Venom: Let There Be Carnage is the very unwelcome sequel to the 2018 Venom. It is nasty, British and short, and aggressively violent, making it no fun at […]

Dec, 28

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World [Världens vackraste pojke] *** (2021, Björn Andrésen) – Movie Review

Swedish actor and musician Björn Andrésen attracted worldwide attention as Tadzio in Death in Venice (1971), receiving international headlines as ‘The Most Beautiful Boy in the World’. Writer-directors Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri’s 2021 fascinating […]

Dec, 27

The Crowded Day [Shop Soiled] **** (1954, John Gregson, Joan Rice, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont, Cyril Raymond, Josephine Griffin, Vera Day) – Classic Movie Review 11,811

Director John Guillermin’s 1954 British comedy-drama film The Crowded Day stars Joan Rice, John Gregson, Freda Jackson, Patricia Marmont, Cyril Raymond, Josephine Griffin and Vera Day. A vintage ensemble cast, including several national treasures, illuminates […]

Dec, 24

The Desperados ** (1969, Vince Edwards, Sylvia Syms, Benjamin Edney, Jack Palance, Sheila Burrell, George Maharis, Kate O’Mara, Christian Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,810

The generic but tolerable 1969 Technicolor 35 mm US Civil War paella Western film The Desperados stars Vince Edwards, Sylvia Syms and Jack Palance. Director Henry Levin’s generic but tolerable 1969 American Technicolor 35 mm […]

Dec, 23

Satan in High Heels ** (1962, Meg Myles, Grayson Hall, Del Tenney, Sabrina) – Classic Movie Review 11,809

‘They all went where the heat was hottest!’ Meg Myles and Grayson Hall star in director Jerald Intrator’s atmospheric noir 1962 American black and white sexploitation film Satan in High Heels. Myles plays ruthless carnival […]

Dec, 21

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