Derek Winnert

Monkey on My Back *** (1957, Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Jack Albertson, Paul Richards) – Classic Movie Review 8920

Director André de Toth’s 1957 Monkey on My Back is a downbeat but compelling biopic about the rise and fall of champion boxer, World War Two war hero and morphine addict Barney Ross. It is […]

Sep, 20 · in Reviews

The Farewell *** (2019, Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, Diana Lin, X Mayo) – Movie Review

When a Chinese family discovers their beloved grandmother Nai Nai (Shuzhen Zhao) has only a short while to live, they decide not to tell her, and they stage an impromptu wedding as a cover for […]

Sep, 20 · in Reviews

Rambo: Last Blood * (2019, Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Yvette Monreal) – Movie Review

Rambo: Last Blood is grim and gloomy, and no fun at all… Director Adrian Grunberg’s 2019 action adventure thriller Rambo: Last Blood, aka Rambo V, passes the time but it is pretty bad. Playing like […]

Sep, 20

A Million Little Pieces ** (2018, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Odessa Young, Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Dash Mihok, Charles Parnell) – Movie Review

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is excellent in director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s A Million Little Pieces (2018) as 23-year-old aspiring writer James Frey, who is massively self-destructing through addiction at drugs and alcohol. His brother Bob Frey Jr (Charlie […]

Sep, 19

City That Never Sleeps **** (1953, Gig Young, Mala Powers, William Talman, Edward Arnold, Chill Wills, Paula Raymond, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 8919

Producer-director John H Auer’s ambitious 1953 film noir-style crime drama City That Never Sleeps stars Gig Young, later a talented light comedian, who enjoys a useful straight role as Johnny Kelly, a married Chicago cop […]

Sep, 19

Christmas in Connecticut **** (1945, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardner, S Z Sakall, Robert Shayne, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 8918

The 1945 screwball comedy Christmas in Connecticut is a deliciously sugary and very amusing Yuletide movie, starring Barbara Stanwyck. Director Peter Godfrey’s 1945 screwball comedy Christmas in Connecticut is a deliciously sugary and very amusing […]

Sep, 19

Hell’s Half Acre *** (1954, Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Nancy Gates, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 8917

‘THROUGH THE TWISTING ALLEYS A WOMAN SEEKS HER MAN AND COLD-BLOODED KILLERS AWAIT HER TOO!’ Producer-director John H Auer’s 1954 black and white drama Hell’s Half Acre from humble Republic Pictures stars Wendell Corey as […]

Sep, 19

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