Derek Winnert

Trade Winds *** (1938, Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Thomas Mitchell, Ann Sothern) – Classic Movie Review 9253

Director Tay Garnett’s 1938 comedy murder mystery Trade Winds stars Fredric March as hard-bitten former detective investigator Sam Wye, who is sent to head off to the Orient by Police Commissioner Blackton (Thomas Mitchell) to […]

Jan, 11 · in Uncategorized

Trail of the Vigilantes *** (1940, Franchot Tone, Warren William, Broderick Crawford) – Classic Movie Review 9252

Director Allan Dwan’s 1940 Trail of the Vigilantes stars unlikely 30s and 40s Hollywood heartthrob Franchot Tone, in his only appearance in a Western, as Kansas, the frontier newsman going undercover to hunt down a […]

Jan, 11 · in Reviews

$ [Dollars] [The Heist] **** (1971, Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe) – Classic Movie Review 9251

Writer-director Richard Brooks’s 1971 comedy crime drama film $ [Dollars] [The Heist] stars Warren Beatty as bank employee Joe Collins, who robs safe deposit boxes with the help of hooker Dawn Divine (Goldie Hawn). Brooks’s […]

Jan, 11

Poison Ivy ** (1992, Drew Barrymore, Sara Gilbert, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd) – Classic Movie Review 9250

Director Katt Shea Ruben’s 1992 erotic thriller Poison Ivy is a forceful melodrama of the old Joan Crawford school, in which Drew Barrymore plays reckless teenager Ivy, who introduces herself into a wealthy family, moves […]

Jan, 10

Transylvania 6-5000 ** (1985, Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr, Geena Davis, Carol Kane) – Classic Movie Review 9249

When Jeff met Geena. Writer-director Rudy De Luca’s campy 1985 fantasy horror comedy Transylvania 6-5000 begins with a head start of a great cast led by Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr, Geena Davis. Goldblum […]

Jan, 10

Accidental Hero ** (1992, Dustin Hoffman, Geena Davis, Andy Garcia) – Classic Movie Review 9248

Director Stephen Frears’s 1992 Accidental Hero [Hero] stars Dustin Hoffman as Bernie LaPlante, a petty crook who becomes an unlikely reluctant hero when he saves 54 people from a crashed burning plane, including TV reporter […]

Jan, 09

Speechless *** (1994, Michael Keaton, Geena Davis, Christopher Reeve) – Classic Movie Review 9247

[Spoiler alert] The vivacious personalities of Michael Keaton and Geena Davis greatly enliven director Ron Underwood’s engaging, unfairly UK straight-to-video 1994 romantic comedy Speechless, about two rival political speech-writers who find that opposites attract, fighting […]

Jan, 09

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