Derek Winnert

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The Fall of Sparta [La Chute de Sparte] *** (2018, Lévi Doré, Jonathan St-Armand) – Classic Movie Review 12,679

The super-likeable Canadian drama film 2018 The Fall of Sparta is stylishly filmed and engagingly acted by Lévi Doré as nerdy, wimpy 16-year-old Steeve Simard struggling to negotiate his final year at high school in […]

Oct, 18 · in Reviews

Down Low *** (2023, Zachary Quinto, Lukas Gage, Simon Rex, Judith Light, Audra McDonald) – Classic Movie Review 12,678

The 2023 over-the-top funny black comedy film Down Low stars Zachary Quinto as repressed and depressed older gay man Gary, who hires uninhibited young hustler Cameron (Lukas Gage), prompting a doomed fast-friend relationship. Director Rightor […]

Oct, 17 · in Reviews

Ruby Cairo [Deception] ** (1992, Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson, Viggo Mortensen, Jack Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 12,677

The 1992 thriller film Ruby Cairo [Deception] stars the appealing prospect of Andie MacDowell, Liam Neeson and Viggo Mortensen. It flopped but gorgeous scenery – Vera Cruz, Cairo, Berlin, Athens – is lovingly shot in […]

Oct, 16

RPM [Revolutions Per Minute] (1970, Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret, Gary Lockwood, Paul Winfield) – Classic Movie Review 12,676

Stanley Kramer’s 1970 film RPM is set against the political turmoil of the 1960s, and stars Anthony Quinn, Ann-Margret and Gary Lockwood. Hollywood tackles the time of revolt, with a script by the author of […]

Oct, 16

Ruby **** (1992, Danny Aiello, Sherilyn Fenn) – Classic Movie Review 12,675

The 1992 thriller film Ruby stars Danny Aiello in a satisfying portrait of small-time hood Jack Ruby, the owner of a tacky Dallas, Texas, burlesque nightclub, who takes on Candy Cane (Sherilyn Fenn) as his […]

Oct, 15

Ruby *** (1977, Piper Laurie, Stuart Whitman, Janit Baldwin, Roger Davis) – Classic Movie Review 12,674

Piper Laurie brings some considerable extra colour to Curtis Harrington’s already colourful, gory and just plain weird 1977 supernatural chiller film Ruby. Piper Laurie brings some considerable extra colour to Curtis Harrington’s already colourful, gory […]

Oct, 15

Strayed [Les Égarés] *** (2003, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel) – Classic Movie Review 12,673

André Téchiné’s complex, precise 2003 French drama film Strayed [Les Égarés] stars Emmanuelle Béart as a widowed mother, who flees Nazi-occupied Paris with her children, saved by an itinerant teenage boy (Gaspard Ulliel).  Director André […]

Oct, 14

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