Derek Winnert

The Scotland Yard Mystery [The Living Dead] *** (1934, Gerald du Maurier, George Curzon, Grete Natzler, Belle Chrystall, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 10,049

Directed with some flair by Thomas Bentley and acted with much enthusiasm, the vintage 1934 thriller The Scotland Yard Mystery [re-tilted The Living Dead in the US] is the entertaining story of a battle between […]

Jul, 17 · in Reviews

Mystery Junction *** (1951, Sydney Tafler, Barbara Murray, Martin Benson, Patricia Owens, Christine Silver, John Salew, Ewen Solon) – Classic Movie Review 10,048

The inventively written and capably directed 1951 British B-movie black and white thriller film Mystery Junction stars Sydney Tafler as a writer who narrates his crime story to a fellow passenger (Christine Silver) on a […]

Jul, 17 · in Reviews

Three Cases of Murder *** (1955, Alan Badel, Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars) – Classic Movie Review 10,047

Alan Badel and Orson Welles star in the 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder. The 1955 British compendium crime drama movie Three Cases of Murder offers three creepy yarns, three directors […]

Jul, 17

The Teckman Mystery *** (1954, Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Michael Medwin, Duncan Lamont) – Classic Movie Review 10,046

Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Michael Medwin and Duncan Lamont star in the 1954 British black and white film noir Cold War mystery thriller The Teckman Mystery, based on the TV serial by Francis […]

Jul, 16

Inserts ** (1975, Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Veronica Cartwright, Bob Hoskins, Stephen Davies) – Classic Movie Review 10,045

John Byrum’s 1975 daring comedy drama Inserts is ‘an erotic adventure in sex and cinema’ and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Jessica Harper, Veronica Cartwright, Bob Hoskins and Stephen Davies. It was a critical and commercial failure, […]

Jul, 16

Mahogany ** (1975, Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Perkins, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nina Foch, Beah Richards, Marisa Mell) – Classic Movie Review 10,044

Director Berry Gordy’s ridiculous but shamefully amusing 1975 romantic melodrama soap opera Mahogany stars Diana Ross as ambitious Chicago slum girl Tracy Chambers, nicknamed Mahogany (Diana Ross). Tracy goes to fashion school and becomes a […]

Jul, 16

A Rainy Day in New York ***½ (2019, Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Liev Schreiber, Jude Law, Diego Luna) – Movie Review

Woody Allen’s 48th film A Rainy Day in New York is lightweight, lighthearted, likeable and thoroughly amusing and quite charming. It is very sweetly acted by its three young principals – Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning […]

Jul, 16

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