Derek Winnert

The Patriot (1928, Emil Jannings, Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Neil Hamilton, Harry Cordling, Vera Voronina) – Classic Movie Review 12,227

The Patriot (1928) is Ernst Lubitsch’s last silent film, though an alternative version added music, sound effects and a few lines of dialogue. But only pieces of this film are left, including the trailers. The […]

Jul, 11 · in Reviews

Stage Struck ** (1958, Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Christopher Plummer, Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall) – Classic Movie Review 12,226

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1958 American drama film Stage Struck is a dated Fifties reworking of the old 1933 Katharine Hepburn backstage story film Morning Glory, held back with a shaky performance by Susan Strasberg as […]

Jul, 10 · in Reviews

Deep Water ** (2022, Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas) – Movie Review

Adrian Lyne returns to directing after a 20-year absence since Unfaithful (2002) for the 2022 erotic psychological thriller film Deep Water, based on the 1957 novel by Patricia Highsmith. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas […]

Jul, 10

Electric Dreams ** (1984, Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, Maxwell Caulfield) – Classic Movie Review 12,226

Director Steve Barron’s 1984 science fiction romantic comedy musical film Electric Dreams stars Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, and Maxwell Caulfield. The movie features music from Giorgio Moroder, Culture Club, Jeff Lynne (Electric Light Orchestra), and Heaven 17. It is […]

Jul, 09

The Insider **** (1999, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 12,225

The 1999 film The Insider stars Al Pacino, Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer, and is a superb, stylish real-life thriller given plenty of full-throttle treatment by director Michael Mann, who also made Heat with Pacino. […]

Jul, 08

The Jericho Mile **** (1979, Peter Strauss, Roger E Mosley, Brian Dennehy, Richard Lawson, Geoffrey Lewis, Billy Green Bush, Ed Lauter) – Classic Movie Review 12,224

Co-writer/ director Michael Mann’s 1979 triple Emmy Award-winning US made for TV crime drama film The Jericho Mile stars Peter Strauss, who compels the attention as Murphy, an angry convicted killer given a chance to […]

Jul, 08

What a Woman! [The Beautiful Cheat] ** (1943, Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Willard Parker, Ann Savage, Alan Dinehart) – Classic Movie Review 12,223

Ann Savage features with Rosalind Russell in What a Woman!, one of a dozen films with Savage released in 1943. Director Irving Cummings’s 1943 American romantic comedy film What a Woman! [The Beautiful Cheat] is made […]

Jul, 07

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