Derek Winnert

The Madonna’s Secret *** (1946, Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Linda Stirling) – Classic Movie Review 10,323

Director William Thiele’s 1946 film noir crime horror thriller The Madonna’s Secret stars Francis Lederer as painter James Harlan Corbin, who seems to be killing off his life models. And then Linda (Ann Rutherford), the […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Bluebeard *** (1944, John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther) – Classic Movie Review 10,322

Director Edgar G Ulmer’s good little 19th-century-set 1944 serial killer horror thriller Bluebeard finds John Carradine on top form as puppeteer Gaston Morel, the Paris portrait-artist and strangler who comes under the spell of a […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

Bluebeard ** (1972, Richard Burton, Raquel Welch, Joey Heatherton, Virna Lisi, Nathalie Delon, Sybil Danning) – Classic Movie Review 10,321

Director Edward Dmytryk’s 1972 serial killer crime thriller Bluebeard stars a tired-looking Richard Burton, who has a monotonous go at playing Bluebeard, Baron Kurt Von Sepper, the Austrian aristocrat who likes to murder his mistresses […]

Sep, 18

The Agony and the Ecstasy ** (1965, Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 10,320

Carol Reed’s lavish, lovely looking 1965 biographical historical drama film The Agony and the Ecstasy is based on part of Irving Stone’s 1961 doorstopper novel, and stars Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as the […]

Sep, 18

Much Too Shy ** (1942, George Formby, Kathleen Harrison, Hilda Bayley, Eileen Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 10,319

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1942 Much Too Shy stars naughty but nice (and much too shy) George Formby as amateur artist George Andy, the hopeless handyman in trouble when his art-study-course portraits of ladies are tampered […]

Sep, 17

Ms. 45 [Angel of Vengeance] *** (Zoë Lund, Bogey, Albert Sinkys) – Classic Movie Review 10,318

‘She was abused and violated. It will never happen again!’ A timid, mute Manhattan woman called Thana (Zoë Lund) gets raped twice after coming home from work, then dresses suggestively, cruises the streets and wreaks […]

Sep, 17

Much Ado About Nothing *** (1993, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale) – Classic Movie Review 10,317

Writer-director Kenneth Branagh again brings William Shakespeare to mainstream audiences with his 1993 hit adaptation of hit Much Ado About Nothing. It is a very jovial romp through Shakespeare’s attractive lightweight romance, filmed with much […]

Sep, 17

@wpshower

Feeds

Susbscribe to our awesome Blog Feed or Comments Feed