Derek Winnert

Confessions of a Sex Maniac [The Man Who Couldn’t Get Enough] (1974, Roger Lloyd Pack, Vicki Hodge, Derek Royle) – Classic Movie Review 10,962

The tacky 1974 British sex farce film Confessions of a Sex Maniac has a rubbish script and a cast of struggling actors, who deserve better, though star Roger Lloyd Pack carries on regardless. ‘They said […]

Feb, 25 · in Reviews

The Condemned of Altona [I Sequestrati di Altona] ** (1962, Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner) – Classic Movie Review 10,961

Director Vittorio De Sica’s 1962 CinemaScope and black and white Italian-French drama The Condemned of Altona [I Sequestrati di Altona] stars Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March and Robert Wagner, with the international version dubbed. […]

Feb, 25 · in Reviews

Company of Killers **½ (1970, Van Johnson, Ray Milland, John Saxon, Clu Gulager, Brian Kelly, Fritz Weaver, Susan Oliver, Diana Lynn) – Classic Movie Review 10,960

‘Assassins for Hire! Satisfaction Guaranteed! Killing is Big Business In the Hands of This Murder Machine!’ Director Jerry Thorpe’s 1970 film Company of Killers is a reasonably involving, well-made multi-faceted crime thriller, with plenty of […]

Feb, 24

Savages ** (1972, Louis J Stadlen, Anne Francine, Susan Blakely, Margaret Brewster, Thayer David) – Classic Movie Review 10,959

Director James Ivory’s 1972 allegory fantasy comedy drama Savages is based on his own story idea, in which a wandering tribe discovers an empty mansion, but their members change when they live in it and put […]

Feb, 24

Hotel Imperial *** (1927, Pola Negri, James Hall, George Siegmann) – Classic Movie Review 10,958

‘Pola Negri loving, hating, fighting, running the gamut of every conceivable human emotion. Never has she given such full play to her genius.’ Director Mauritz Stiller’s 1927 American silent film Hotel Imperial is an impressive […]

Feb, 24

The Man from Colorado *** (1948, Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew) – Classic Movie Review 10,957

‘They Turned the West Into a Jungle of Male Killing Male for a Woman!’ Good work from Glenn Ford, relishing his rare bad guy role, is upstaged by an even better William Holden as his […]

Feb, 23

The Man Behind the Mask [Behind the Mask] ** (1936, Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Maurice Schwartz, Donald Calthrop, Ronald Ward ) – Classic Movie Review 10,956

The 1936 British black and white quota quickie mystery thriller The Man Behind the Mask is zesty, fast-paced vintage entertainment with pleasingly over-the-top performances and energetic handling, significant as an early work of the great […]

Feb, 23

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