Derek Winnert

Basket Case 2 (1990, Kevin Van Hentenryck, Annie Ross, Judy Grafe, Heather Rattray) – Classic Movie Review 10,081

Director Frank Henenlotter’s 1990 ineffective sequel Basket Case 2 to his campy 1982 horror film hit Basket Case sees Duane Bradley (Kevin Van Hentenryck) rescued from the pavement where he lay at the climax of […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

The Garment Jungle *** (1957, Lee J Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala) – Classic Movie Review 10,080

Directors Robert Aldrich and Vincent Sherman’s 1957 gritty, realistic, involving film noir crime drama The Garment Jungle is about mobsters and unionisation in New York’s clothing district and the troubles faced by hard-nosed garment factory […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

Death of a Scoundrel *** (1956, George Sanders, Yvonne De Carlo, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Coleen Gray, Victor Jory, Nancy Gates, John Hoyt, Tom Conway) – Classic Movie Review 10,079

Writer-producer-director Charles Martin’s 1956 film Death of a Scoundrel stars George Sanders as scoundrel Euro-conman Clementi Sabourin (‘our plan is to buy companies that are in financial trouble and then build them up’), who steps […]

Jul, 24

Galileo *** (1975, Topol, Edward Fox, Tom Conti, Colin Blakely, John Gielgud, Margaret Leighton, Patrick Magee, John McEnery) – Classic Movie Review 10,078

Topol is an unexpected choice as the 17th-century Italian scientist Galileo Galilei, but, in an intense, dignified star turn, he earns his inclusion in Joseph Losey’s 1975 historical biographical drama film Galileo.  Thanks to the […]

Jul, 23

Encore *** (1951, Nigel Patrick, Roland Culver, Kay Walsh, Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan, Noel Purcell, Ronald Squire) – Classic Movie Review 10,077

The 1951 comedy drama Encore is the third and final portmanteau-compendium-anthology movie of W Somerset Maugham stories which by and large keeps up the standard of Quartet (1948) and Trio (1950). It was again a […]

Jul, 23

Trio *** (1950, James Hayter, Michael Hordern, Anne Crawford, Nigel Patrick, Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie, Kathleen Harrison, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 10,076

Directors Ken Annakin and Harold French’s 1950 drama Trio is the second W Somerset Maugham anthology film (after Quartet, a hit in 1948), with three well cast, amusing and satisfyingly enjoyable yarns. The three short […]

Jul, 23

Flight Angels ** (1940, Virginia Bruce, Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris, Ralph Bellamy Jane Wyman) – Classic Movie Review 10,075

Director Lewis Seiler’s 1940 Flight Angels offers good nostalgia for wartime flying, pre-war in America’s case, and these are the brisk, cheery stewardesses (Jane Wyman, Virginia Bruce) and capable, brave pilots (Dennis Morgan, Wayne Morris) […]

Jul, 22

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