Derek Winnert

Nine and a Half Weeks [9½ Weeks] [Nine 1/2 Weeks] *** (1986, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger) – Classic Movie Review 12,699

The sleaze to tease. Director Adrian Lyne’s 1986 shocker Nine and a Half Weeks stars Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. Nine and a Half Weeks is a fascinating dissection of an alluringly intense sadomasochistic relationship, […]

Oct, 30 · in Reviews

Deep Water [Eaux Profondes] **** (1981, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey, Christian Benedetti) – Classic Movie Review 12,698

Deep Water [Eaux Profondes] is a deliciously deranged 1981 French psychological thriller with Isabelle Huppert and Jean-Louis Trintignant on tremendous, quite scary form as a loveless married couple playing a sick marital game on the […]

Oct, 30 · in Reviews

Le Dossier 51 [Dossier 51] **** (1978, François Marthouret, Claude Marcault, Philippe Rouleau) – Classic Movie Review 12,697

Director Michel Deville’s disturbing, unsettling 1978 French surveillance crime drama film Le Dossier 51 is an intense and compelling experience, cleverly handled, and full of intrigue and suspense. François Marthouret plays meticulous and honourable French […]

Oct, 30

Those Endearing Young Charms *** (1945, Robert Young, Laraine Day, Bill Williams, Ann Harding) – Classic Movie Review 12,696

RKO Pictures’ endearing 1945 wartime romantic comedy film Those Endearing Young Charms stars Robert Young, Laraine Day, Bill Williams, and Ann Harding. Director Lewis Allen’s 1945 RKO American comedy romance film Those Endearing Young Charms stars […]

Oct, 30

Three to Tango * (1999, Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott, Neve Campbell, Oliver Platt, John C McGinley, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 12,695

The promising 1999 romantic comedy film Three to Tango stars the excellent cast of Matthew Perry, Dylan McDermott, Neve Campbell and Oliver Platt, but it turns out to be a stale, inept, unfunny farce. Director […]

Oct, 29

Consequences [Posledice] **** (2018, Matej Zemljic, Timon Sturbej, Gasper Markun) – Classic Movie Review 12,694

The 2018 Slovenian film Consequences is a devastating, desperate, despairing drama, persuasively written and performed, especially by Matej Zemljic, who is brilliant as troubled teen Andrej, and Timon Sturbej, who is monstrously scary as gang […]

Oct, 28

The Sea Beast **** (1926, John Barrymore, Dolores Costello, George O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 12,693

Warner Bros’ 1926 movie The Sea Beast is the famous silent film of Herman Melville’s book Moby-Dick, boasting exciting action scenes and John Barrymore’s storming performance as Captain Ahab. It is vintage silent-movie stuff.  Director […]

Oct, 27

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