Derek Winnert

The Burglars [Le Casse] *** (1971, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon, Robert Hossein, Nicole Callan, Renato Salvatori) – Classic Movie Review 4,678

The 1971 French neo noir crime film The Burglars [Le Casse] sees four burglars (Jean-Paul Belmondo, Robert Hossein, Renato Salvatori, Nicole Calfan) carry out an emerald heist and then chased by a corrupt Greek police […]

Nov, 21 · in Reviews

The Burglar ***½ (1957, Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers, Peter Capell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Phoebe Mackay) – Classic Movie Review 4,677

In her first star role, Jayne Mansfield plays Gladden, sidekick of crook Nat Harbin (Dan Duryea), who sets out to steal the emerald necklace of a Philadelphia spiritualist. The moody 1957 film noir crime thriller […]

Nov, 21 · in Reviews

How to Make a Monster ** (2001, Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Tyler Mane, Jason Marsden, Karim Prince) – Classic Movie Review 4676

Tyler Mane, Jason Marsden, Karim Prince star as Hardcore, Bug and Sol, a trio of computer programmers who are promised a $1 million bonus in return for coming up with the scariest video-game bad guy […]

Nov, 21

Urban Cowboy ***½ (1980, John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 4675

Co-writer/ director James Bridges’s unfairly neglected 1980 drama ends up as a country music companion piece to Saturday Night Fever, made for discerning adults. It is a thoughtful, intelligent and entertaining vehicle for John Travolta […]

Nov, 20

Pals of the Saddle **½ (1938, John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, Doreen McKay) – Classic Movie Review 4674

Director George Sherman’s 1938 Western is a modest and moderate John Wayne filler movie for Republic Studios, made under his old contract just before he had hit the big time with Stagecoach (1939). It is the first […]

Nov, 20

Overland Stage Raiders **½ (1938, John Wayne, Louise Brooks, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune) – Classic Movie Review 4672

The legendary silent film icon Louise Brooks plays Beth Hoyt in her last film that teams her with the young John Wayne, as his familiar nice-guy cowboy character Stony Brooke, in director George Sherman’s routine, […]

Nov, 20

Overnight ***½ (2003, Troy Duffy, Jeffrey Baxter, Chris Brinker) – Classic Movie Review 4673

Struggling 25-year-old musician and barman Troy Duffy did the difficult immediately: he wrote a script for a movie called The Boondock Saints and sold it to the ace independent film company Miramax. The deal was, […]

Nov, 20

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