Derek Winnert

Appointment with Death *** (1988, Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, Piper Laurie, David Soul, John Gielgud, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove) – Classic Movie Review 3662

Director Michael Winner goes to Israel to film Agatha Christie’s escapist vintage mystery thriller novel Appointment with Death in 1988 and the delightful Peter Ustinov amusingly impersonates the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot for the sixth […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

Florence Foster Jenkins **** (2016, Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson) – Movie Review

Stephen Frears’s delectable and enchanting biopic tells the story of middle-aged New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, a woman who would never let a little thing like having a terrible singing voice get in the way of her […]

May, 05 · in Reviews

The Locket **** (1946, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne) – Classic Movie Review 3,661

John Brahm’s smooth, teasing 1946 film noir thriller The Locket stars lovely Laraine Day as Nancy, accused aged 10 of stealing a locket. Her life is then downhill all the way, from kleptomania to murder […]

May, 04

The Unearthly * (1957, John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Myron Healey, Sally Todd, Marilyn Buferd, Tor Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 3660

John Carradine is typecast yet again in one of his long gallery of mad doctor scientists in director Brooke L Peters [aka Boris Petroff]’s plodding and very silly 1957 Sci-Fi chiller. It says much that […]

May, 04

The Undying Monster [The Hammond Mystery] *** (1942, James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher, Eily Malyon, Heather Thatcher, Aubrey Mather) – Classic Movie Review 3659

Written by Lillie Hayward and Michael Jacoby, director John Brahm’s taut, eerie and atmospheric 1942 horror thriller movie is creaky but still fun. With a werewolf as the main foe, it is amusing, fast moving and all […]

May, 04

Undisputed ** (2002, Ving Rhames, Wesley Snipes, Peter Falk) – Classic Movie Review 3658

Ving Rhames stars as a top ranked heavyweight boxing champion called George ‘Ice Man’ Chambers who is jailed for rape – though he maintains that he is not guilty. Wesley Snipes also stars as Monroe Hutchen, […]

May, 04

The Underworld Story *** (1950, Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson, Howard Da Silva) – Classic Movie Review 3657

Excellent, telling performances from Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm, Mary Anderson and Howard Da Silva spark director Cy Endfield’s gritty 1950 crime drama thriller The Underworld Story, based on a story by Craig Rice. […]

May, 04

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