Derek Winnert

Cornered **** (1945, Dick Powell, Micheline Cheirel, Walter Slezak) – Classic Movie Review 5,252

Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO film noir thriller Cornered finds an ideal star in Dick Powell in a welcome re-teaming after Farewell My Lovely (1944). Director Edward Dmytryk’s edgy, gripping 1945 RKO American film noir […]

Apr, 04 · in Uncategorized

Crime in the Streets **** (1956, John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, Mark Rydell) – Classic Movie Review 5,251

Don Siegel delivers a fine, cultish movie with the 1956 film noir crime drama Crime in the Streets, encouraging good gritty acting from John Cassavetes, Sal Mineo and Mark Rydell. John Cassavetes (aged 26 but playing […]

Apr, 04 · in Uncategorized

Count the Hours! *** (1953, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 5,250

Director Don Siegel’s 1953 crime film noir Count the Hours! stars Macdonald Carey as a lawyer who defends a migrant worker falsely accused of two murders. Macdonald Carey stars as a lawyer who battles to release […]

Apr, 04

Graduation [Bacalaureat] ***** (2016, Adrian Titieni, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Rares Andrici) – Movie Review

Romanian writer-director Cristian Mungiu’s drama is a precision-tooled marvel as he examines the sacrifices and compromises demanded of parents. The combination of subtle and hard hitting is brilliant. Mungiu won Best Director as Cannes, tied […]

Apr, 03

The Boss Baby *** (2017, voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, Miles Bakshi) – Movie Review

Director Tom McGrath’s quirky, amusing and likeable 2017 DreamWorks CGI animation starts with a real good idea to kick it off. There are lots of quite big laughs to be found, especially early on, and […]

Apr, 03

Children of a Lesser God **** (1986, William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco) – Classic Movie Review 5,249

Piper Laurie was Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress for the rousing 1986 spirit-lifting drama film Children of a Lesser God, with Marlee Matlin winning a Best Actress Oscar in her film début at 21 […]

Apr, 03

Children Crossing *** (1990, Peter Firth, Saskia Reeves, Bob Peck) – Classic Movie Review 5248

Director Angela Pope’s 1990 British thriller is made for BBC2’s admirable Screen Two series of films, is based on the novel by Verity Bargate and stars Peter Firth, Saskia Reeves and Bob Peck. When quiet, […]

Apr, 03

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