Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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

The Accidental Tourist **** (1988, William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis) – Classic Movie Review 9246

Director Lawrence Kasdan’s sweet and moving 1988 film The Accidental Tourist stars William Hurt as successful Baltimore travel guide writer Macon Leary, alone, withdrawn and unhappy after his son is accidentally killed in a robbery […]

Jan, 09

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