Derek Winnert

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Dangerous Crossing *** (1953, Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Carl Betz, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 8993

Director Joseph M Newman’s 1953 black and white film noir mystery thriller Dangerous Crossing stars Jeanne Crain as young bride Ruth Bowman, whose new husband (Carl Betz) mysteriously disappears on their honeymoon on a transatlantic […]

Oct, 18

Party Girl **** (1958, Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J Cobb, John Ireland, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 8981

Director Nicholas Ray’s 1958 film noir gangster thriller Party Girl has a lot to offer: a gripping story (by Leo Katcher), a great mood and atmosphere, and fine performances, with acting lightweights Robert Taylor and […]

Oct, 14

Une Partie de Plaisir [Pleasure Party] [Pleasure Game] *** (1975, Paul Gégauff, Danièle Gégauff, Clémence Gégauff, Paula Moore, Giancarlo Sisti) – Classic Movie Review 8980

Director Claude Chabrol’s 1975 Une Partie de Plaisir [Pleasure Party] [Pleasure Game] [Love Match] is a study of an apparently idyllic and blissful but actually disastrous marriage that takes a dark, cynical and bleak view […]

Oct, 14

A Prize of Gold *** (1955, Richard Widmark, Mai Zetterling, Nigel Patrick, George Cole, Donald Wolfit) – Classic Movie Review 8972

Director Mark Robson’s 1955 A Prize of Gold tells a story of spirited high jinks in post-war Berlin. It is produced by Irving Allen and Albert R Broccoli, who formed Warwick Films to produce films […]

Oct, 10

The Roots of Heaven ** (1958, Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert, Orson Welles, Herbert Lom, Paul Lukas) – Classic Movie Review 8971

Director John Huston’s 1958 adventure drama The Roots of Heaven is a bumpy ride, in which the intelligent dialogue and messages (based on Romain Gary’s novel) take second place to mediocre adventure. It stars the […]

Oct, 09

Wounds (2019, Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Karl Glusman, Brad William Henke) – Movie Review

Oh Armie Hammer! He finds himself stranded in writer-director Babak Anvari’s going-nowhere horror mystery dud Wounds (2019), based on The Visible Filth, a horror novella by Nathan Ballingrud. Yet he gives is his all as […]

Oct, 05

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? *** (1983, Karen Black, Michael Emil, Michael Margotta, Frances Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 8956

Writer-director Henry Jaglom’s tasty 1983 comedy romance Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? is a whimsically amusing, talky, plotless film from the admired film-maker, with starring Karen Black as edgy Zee, taking up with hypochondriac divorcee […]

Oct, 01

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