Derek Winnert

Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery *** (2008, Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Nelson Wong, Daryl Shuttleworth) – Classic Movie Review 12,822

A gay gumshoe who loves mysteries, Martinis and his man. What’s not to like? The robust and entertaining 2008 mystery film Ice Blues stars Chad Allen as gay detective Donald Strachey, caught up in deceit […]

Mar, 10 · in Uncategorized

Riley ***½ (2023, Jake Holley, Colin McCalla, Riley Quinn Scott, Connor Storrie, Rib Hillis) – Classic Movie Review 12,821

Benjamin Howard’s impressive, authentic 2023 feature film debut Riley is based on his own experience as a student athlete, with an standout performance by Jake Holley as a high-school jock struggling to confront his sexuality.  Writer-director […]

Mar, 07 · in Uncategorized

Condemned! *** (1929, Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Louis Wolheim, Dudley Digges, William Elmer) – Classic Movie Review 12,820

Ronald Colman stars in the 1929 melodrama film Condemned! as a suave thief sent Devil’s Island where he falls for Madame Vidal (Ann Harding), the wife of the sadistic warden Vidal (Dudley Digges). Director Wesley […]

Mar, 04

The Mafia Kills Only in Summer [La mafia uccide solo d’estate] *** (2013, Pif, Cristiana Capotondi) – Classic Movie Review 12,819

The 2013 Italian comedy-drama film The Mafia Kills Only In Summer follows the troubled history in Sicily from the late Seventies to 1992, mocking Mafia bosses and toasting the heroes of Antimafia, while a boy […]

Mar, 02

…tick… tick… tick… *** (1970, Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin, Don Stroud, Clifton James) – Classic Movie Review 12,818

Jim Brown stars as an African American man elected as the sheriff of a rural county in the American South, in the 1970 American crime drama thriller film …tick…tick…tick.. Director Ralph Nelson’s 1970 crime drama thriller […]

Mar, 01

The Hater [Sala samobójców. Hejter] **** (2020, Maciej Musialowski, Vanessa Aleksander, Danuta Stenka, Agata Kulesza) – Classic Movie Review 12,817

The brilliantly chilling 2020 Polish thriller The Hater is lit up with a demonically scary central performance by Maciej Musialowski, who gives a tour de force of staring hate faces, pouring out an endless series […]

Feb, 28

The Fallen Sparrow **** (1943, John Garfield, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Patricia Morison, Martha O’Driscoll) – Classic Movie Review 12,816

The tense and suspenseful 1943 RKO black and white spy film noir The Fallen Sparrow stars John Garfield as a volunteer Spanish Civil War vet dodging Nazi agents. Director Richard Wallace’s tense and suspenseful 1943 […]

Feb, 23

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