Derek Winnert

Of Mice and Men ***** (1939, Lon Chaney Jr, Burgess Meredith, Betty Field, Charles Bickford, Roman Bohnen, Bob Steele, Noah Beery Jr) – Classic Movie Review 9149

Director Lewis Milestone’s 1939 Of Mice and Men is a masterpiece, the best work of the beloved character actor star Lon Chaney Jr. It was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best […]

Dec, 12 · in Reviews

Flame in the Streets **** (1961, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Johnny Sekka, Earl Cameron, Meredith Edwards) – Classic Movie Review 9148

The 1961 British drama film Flame in the Streets stars John Mills as a large company’s union organiser who struggles when his only daughter (Sylvia Syms) announces that she plans to wed her Jamaican boyfriend […]

Dec, 12 · in Reviews

The Whistleblower [Chui shao ren] *** (2019, Jiayin Lei, Wei Tang, Xi Qi) – Movie Review

Writer-director Xiaolu Xue’s entertaining Chinese-Australian co-production The Whistleblower (2019) is at heart a good old-fashioned epic chase conspiracy thriller, with some modern trimmings – OMG, way, way too much CGI! The CGI is no doubt […]

Dec, 11

The October Man *** (1947, John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 9,147

John Mills stars as a brain-damaged amnesiac, who becomes the chief murder suspect, in the 1947 British noir crime drama The October Man. Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1947 British noir crime drama The October Man […]

Dec, 11

The Odessa File *** (1974, Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell) – Classic Movie Review 9,146

A well-cast Jon Voight scored a big hit in the 1974 Frederick Forsyth thriller film The Odessa File about a German reporter on the trail of neo-Nazis. Director Ronald Neame’s 1974 The Odessa File stars […]

Dec, 11

Operation Amsterdam ** (1959, Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox) – Classic Movie Review 9145

Co-writer/ director Michael McCarthy’s 1958 Operation Amsterdam is a decent though low-tension real-life World War Two action drama about British-Netherlands trio Jan Smit (Peter Finch), Walter Keyser (Alexander Knox) and Major Dillon (Tony Britton) linking […]

Dec, 11

The High Command *** (1937, Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray, James Mason) – Classic Movie Review 9144

Director Thorold Dickinson’s 1937 British drama The High Command stars Lionel Atwill, Lucie Mannheim, Steven Geray and the young James Mason, who catches the eye as Captain Heverell, a British officer involved in army intrigue, […]

Dec, 10

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