Derek Winnert

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 · in Reviews

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 · in Uncategorized

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

The Marseille Contract [The Destructors] *** (1974, Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, James Mason, Maurice Ronet, Alexandra Stewart, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 8,990

The 1974 Euro-thriller movie The Marseille Contract [The Destructors] stars Anthony Quinn as a US narcotics agent hiring an English contract killer (Michael Caine) to kill a French crime boss (James Mason). Director Robert Parrish’s […]

Oct, 17

La Marseillaise **** (1938, Pierre Renoir, Lise Delamare, Louis Jouvet) – Classic Movie Review 8989

Director Jean Renoir’s 1938 historical drama La Marseillaise is his epic account of the French Revolution, which focuses on human interactions instead of on political events. Financed by trade unions and performed by mostly non-professional […]

Oct, 17

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