Derek Winnert

The King of Comedy **** (1982, Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard) – Classic Movie Review 5373

Director Martin Scorsese’s serious comedy was desperately undervalued (at least by the cinema-going public) back in 1982. However, it is one of Scorsese’s best films. Paul D Zimmerman won the 1984 BAFTA Film Award for Best Original Screenplay. […]

May, 01 · in Uncategorized

Who’s That Knocking at My Door [I Call First] *** (1967, Harvey Keitel, Zina Bethune, Anne Collette) – Classic Movie Review 5372

Writer-director Martin Scorsese’s 1967 drama film is notable as his feature film directorial debut and Harvey Keitel’s debut as an actor. Though obviously a very tentative, early work, it gets a lot of value for its ultra low budget […]

Apr, 30 · in Uncategorized

Boxcar Bertha **** (1972, Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 5371

Director Martin Scorsese’s Depression-era 1972 romantic crime thriller stars the young and lovely Barbara Hershey, who scores a success as real-life Thirties Arkansas labour organiser Bertha Thompson. Bertha takes a leaf out of Bonnie Parker’s […]

Apr, 30

Big Bad Mama II ** (1987, Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois, Julie McCullough, Jeff Yagher, Bruce Glover) – Classic Movie Review 5370

The 55-year-old Angie Dickinson returns as big bad Wilma McClatchie, a feisty armed robber dame, in co-writer/ director Jim Wynorski’s neo-noir crime action thriller Big Bad Mama II, an unexpected, belated 1987 low-budget $1.2 million […]

Apr, 30

Big Bad Mama *** (1974, Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, usan Sennett, Robbie Lee, Royal Dano) – Classic Movie Review 5369

Director Steve Carver’s robust and rumbustious 1974 gangster thriller is a follow-up to 1970’s Roger Corman hit Bloody Mama with Shelley Winters. This time Angie Dickinson, always game for a go at anything, stars as […]

Apr, 30

Bloody Mama **** (1970, Shelley Winters, Pat Hingle, Don Stroud, Diane Varsi, Bruce Dern, Robert De Niro, Robert Walden, Alex Nicol) – Classic Movie Review 5368

Producer-director Roger Corman’s exciting and fast-moving 1970 gangster thriller cheapie stars the redoubtable Shelley Winters, who eagerly grabs her fine acting chance and her machine gun as uber-forceful Thirties mobster Kate ‘Ma’ Barker. Ma leads […]

Apr, 29

Dark Star **** (1974, Brian Narelle, Andrew Dre Pahich, Cal Kuniholm, Dan O’Bannon) – Classic Movie Review 5367

Co-writer/ co-producer/ scorer/ director John Carpenter’s low-budget ($60,000) 1974 feature film début is a rollicking, anarchic trip into space that merrily debunks a host of other space movies, notably 2001: A Space Odyssey, and paves […]

Apr, 29

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