Derek Winnert

Revenge * (1990, Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Tomas Milian) – Classic Movie Review 8925

Director Tony Scott’s flashy 1990 thriller Revenge stars Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, and is based on a novel by Jim Harrison, who co-writes his own screenplay (with Jeffrey Alan Fiskin). The good […]

Sep, 21 · in Reviews

The Shanghai Gesture *** (1941, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson) – Classic Movie Review 8924

Director Josef von Sternberg’s stylish directorial flourishes are much in evidence in his exotic 1941 black and white film noir-style crime drama The Shanghai Gesture, a tastefully cleaned-up version of John Colson’s once shocking play, […]

Sep, 21 · in Reviews

Kings of the Road [Im Lauf der Zeit] **** (1976, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer) – Classic Movie Review 8923

Wim Wenders’s ace 1976 road movie Kings of the Road [Im Lauf der Zeit] is about two men – film projector engineer Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) and escapee from his family Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) […]

Sep, 20

Kings Go Forth *** (1958, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood) – Classic Movie Review 8922

‘One Gave Her Everything a Woman Could Want… One Took Everything a Woman Could Give!’ Director Delmer Daves’s 1958 black and white World War Two romance action drama, Kings Go Forth is based on the […]

Sep, 20

The Outsider *** (1961, Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 8921

Tony Curtis plays an Indian who fights in WWII and helps to raise the flag at Iwo Jima. Director Delbert Mann’s sincere and well-meaning 1961 war drama The Outsider stars Tony Curtis, who puts in […]

Sep, 20

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

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

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