Derek Winnert

Flesh and Fantasy *** (1943, Edward G Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Benchley, Charles Winninger, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 10,859

Director Julien Duvivier’s 1943 black and white Flesh and Fantasy is a fantasy anthology film of three polished tales of the macabre, linked by club chatterer Robert Benchley, who muses amusingly on the subject of […]

Jan, 31 · in Reviews

Flatliners ** (1990, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt) – Classic Movie Review 10,858

Director Joel Schumacher’s dark-toned 1990 horror sci-fi drama Flatliners is a tale of young medical school students exploring near death experiences, in which five medical students embark on a bizarre experiment to die, visit the […]

Jan, 31 · in Reviews

Witness in the Dark ** (1959, Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Madge Ryan, Nigel Green) – Classic Movie Review 10,857

Director Wolf Rilla’s 1959 contrived but acceptable minor British crime drama Witness in the Dark stars Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Madge Ryan and Nigel Green, all good actors giving solid performances, and Rilla is a […]

Jan, 30

The Flaw ** (1955, John Bentley, Donald Houston, Rona Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 10,856

Director Terence Fisher’s 1955 black and white British B-picture thriller The Flaw is an okay British 1950s crime filler, in which it is smoothie professional race car driver Paul Oliveri (John Bentley)’s evil plot to […]

Jan, 30

Flesh and Fury *** (1952, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist) – Classic Movie Review 10,855

The 1952 film noir-style sports drama Flesh and Fury stars Tony Curtis as a deaf fighter caught between two women – cynical Jan Sterling and nice Mona Freeman. ‘YOU CAN’T TAME A GUY LIKE TONY… […]

Jan, 30

Sounder ***** (1972, Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks) – Classic Movie Review 10,854

Director Martin Ritt’s 1972 drama Sounder is the warmhearted, moving, beautiful tale of African-American sharecroppers during the Depression in Louisiana in 1933, with impeccable liberal sentiments and outstanding acting from trailblazing African-American actors. It was […]

Jan, 30

The Gaunt Stranger [The Phantom Strikes] **** (1938, Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson, Louise Henry) – Classic Movie Review 10,853

Director Walter Forde’s 1938 The Gaunt Stranger [The Phantom Strikes] is a rock solid, very capably made, most entertaining little suspense thriller, adapted from Edgar Wallace’s cast-iron novel and play The Gaunt Stranger (also known […]

Jan, 29

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