Derek Winnert

Brawl in Cell Block 99 **** (2017, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Carpenter, Don Johnson, Udo Kier, Marc Blucas) – Movie Review

Writer-director S Craig Zahler’s head-banging, stomach churning horror thriller is exceptionally well done, mostly brilliantly done. It is ultra tense, deeply creepy and really exciting, often thrilling. Doing a John Wick to revive his career with an […]

Oct, 25 · in Reviews

Blade of the Immortal [Mugen no jûnin] *** (2017, Takuya Kimura, Hana Sugisaki, Sôta Fukushi) – Movie Review 

The hundredth film by master director Takashi Miike is Blade of the Immortal [Mugen no jûnin], which stars Takuya Kimura as skilled samurai Manji, cursed by some ancient crone with immortality after a legendary battle in which he more […]

Oct, 25 · in Uncategorized

The Long Dark Hall ** (1951, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Raymond Huntley, Denis O’Dea, Anthony Bushell) – Classic Movie Review 6140

Rex Harrison stars as Arthur Groome, the unfaithful Richmond, London, husband, charged with murdering his showgirl plaything (Patricia Wayne), in directors Anthony Bushell and Reginald Beck’s ordinary, unconvincing 1951 British mystery and suspense crime thriller […]

Oct, 24

Horror Island ** (1941, Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, Fuzzy Knight, John Eldredge, Walter Catlett) – Classic Movie Review 6139

Director George Waggner’s run-of-the-mill 1941 Universal comedy chiller is set in a fog-swathed, spooky castle where B-movie actors are cast as daffy adventurers who are bumped off as they search for treasure. There are some […]

Oct, 24

One Body Too Many ** (1944, Jack Haley, Bela Lugosi, Jean Parker, Blanche Yurka, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley, Bernard Nedell) – Classic Movie Review 6138

‘A shudder a second! A laugh a minute! YOU’LL DIE SCREAMING WITH LAUGHTER! Bela Lugosi is a welcome presence as the butler Merkil in the 1944 comedy-mystery film One Body Too Many. ‘A shudder a […]

Oct, 24

The Black Raven *** (1943, George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Noel Madison, Glenn Strange, Byron Foulger, Charles Middleton, Bob Randall, Robert Middlemass) – Classic Movie Review 6137

Director Sam Newfield’s suspenseful and entertaining 1943 low-budget film noir mystery thriller is about group of strangers who seek shelter in an old, dark hotel, where there are two murders, the gangster Bardoni (Noel Madison) and $50,000 […]

Oct, 24

Tarzan and the Mermaids *** (1948, Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Linda Christian, John Lanenz, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 6136

‘BARBARIC RITUALS!…SAVAGE THRILLS!…PAGAN SPLENDORS! ‘ Director Robert Florey’s 1948 jungle adventure is Johnny Weissmuller’s last Ape Man movie. It is the twelfth part of the saga. This time, he fights a giant octopus and armed […]

Oct, 24

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