Derek Winnert

The Hidden **** (1987, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Claudia Christian) – Classic Movie Review 8996

Director Jack Sholder’s 1987 action, crime, horror movie The Hidden is an enlivening, surprisingly well made alien possession sci-fi thriller. Kyle MacLachlan is ideally cast as a good alien peacekeeper posing as an FBI agent, […]

Oct, 20 · in Reviews

The High and the Mighty **** (1954, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Robert Newton, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris) – Classic Movie Review 8995

Director William A Wellman’s 1954 CinemaScope and WarnerColor action adventure drama The High and the Mighty is written by Ernest K Gann and based on his bestselling novel. It won one Oscar for Best Scoring […]

Oct, 19 · in Reviews

The People Against O’Hara **** (1951, Spencer Tracy, Pat O’Brien, Diana Lynn, James Arness, John Hodiak, Eduardo Ciannelli) – Classic Movie Review 8994

Director John Sturges’s 1951 film noir crime drama The People Against O’Hara stars Spencer Tracy as James Curtayne, an over-the-hill lawyer with a drink problem who, though more or less retired, gets back in the […]

Oct, 19

Dangerous Crossing *** (1953, Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Carl Betz, Max Showalter) – Classic Movie Review 8993

Director Joseph M Newman’s 1953 black and white film noir mystery thriller Dangerous Crossing stars Jeanne Crain as young bride Ruth Bowman, whose new husband (Carl Betz) mysteriously disappears on their honeymoon on a transatlantic […]

Oct, 18

The Vanishing *** (1993, Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis, Sandra Bullock) – Classic Movie Review 8992

For his 1993 remake The Vanishing, director George Sluizer Hollywoodises his 1988 Dutch psychological horror thriller The Vanishing [Spoorloos] and adds an extra female character (a spunky girlfriend for the hero) and a different ending. […]

Oct, 17

The Vanishing **** (1988, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege) – Classic Movie Review 8991

Director George Sluizer’s terrifying 1988 Dutch mystery horror psycho thriller The Vanishing [Spoorloos], based on Tim Krabbé’s novel The Golden Egg with a screenplay by the author, is highly disturbing, even uniquely disturbing, but with […]

Oct, 17

The Captain [Zhong guo ji zhang] *** (2019, Hanyu Zhang, Hao Ou, Jiang Du) – Movie Review

Director Andrew Lau’s excellent, well-staged 2019 Chinese blockbuster real-life disaster movie The Captain [Zhong guo ji zhang] is based on a terrifying incident in May 2018 when a Sichuan Airlines flight cockpit’s windshield cracked and […]

Oct, 17

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