Derek Winnert

Indianapolis Speedway *** (1939, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien, John Payne) – Classic Movie Review 8913

Director Lloyd Bacon’s 1939 Warner Bros drama Indianapolis Speedway [Devil on Wheels] stars Pat O’Brien as Joe Greer, who wants his young brother Eddie (John Payne) to get on with his studies at college. Lee […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

Scene of the Crime *** (1949, Van Johnson, Arlene Dahl, Gloria DeHaven, Tom Drake, Leon Ames, John McIntyre, Donald Woods, Norman Lloyd, Jerome Cowan, Tom Powers) – Classic Movie Review 8,912

The fast and efficient 1949 film noir crime thriller Scene of the Crime stars Van Johnson as a Los Angeles homicide cop handcuffed to a corpse while tracking the killer of an ex-partner. Director Roy […]

Sep, 17 · in Reviews

The Midnight Story (1957, Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 8911

Director Joseph Pevney’s unfairly completely forgotten 1957 Universal International Pictures Pictures CinemaScope black and white film noir crime thriller film The Midnight Story is one of Tony Curtis’s most obscure movies. In an unusual project […]

Sep, 17

Slander *** (1957, Van Johnson, Ann Blyth, Steve Cochran) – Classic Movie Review 8,910

The 1957 black and white film noir crime thriller Slander stars Steve Cochran as a slick publisher whose sleazy gossip scandal magazine blackmails a TV children’s entertainer star Martin (Van Johnson). Director Roy Rowland’s 1957 […]

Sep, 17

Quicksand *** (1950, Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 8909

Director Irving Pichel’s  low-budget 1950 black and white film noir crime thriller Quicksand stars Mickey Rooney as garage-hand Dan Brady, who steals $20 from his employer, intending to pay it back next day, when he […]

Sep, 16

Waiting for the Barbarians **** (2019, Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson) – Movie Review

Mark Rylance is tremendous in a low-key, bright-burning performance as The Magistrate ruling benignly over an empire’s distant outpost, who is confronted by the arrival of evil torturing policeman Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), in director Ciro […]

Sep, 16

The Peanut Butter Falcon **** (2019, Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, Bruce Dern, Thomas Haden Church) – Movie Review

Writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s 2019 buddy-buddy adventure comedy drama The Peanut Butter Falcon is a highly entertaining, warm hearted crowd-pleaser, with a strong screenplay and excellent performances, as well as a nice sense […]

Sep, 16

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