Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Sei donne per l’assassino [Blood and Black Lace] **** (1964, Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Mary Arden) – Classic Movie Review 7817

For his 1964 film Sei Donne per Assassino [Blood and Black Lace], the Italian horror maestro director Mario Bava turns in a visually stylish but pretty dodgy and scarily grisly horror mystery thriller about a […]

Nov, 21 · in Reviews

Their Purple Moment *** (1928, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Kay Deslys, Lyle Tayo) – Classic Movie Review 7816

Director James Parrott’s 1928 two-reeler Their Purple Moment is a generally funny Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short comedy silent film, with several hilarious high spots, particularly the chaos in the restaurant when the duo try to get […]

Nov, 21 · in Reviews

Their First Mistake **** (1932, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 7815

Director George Marshall’s 1932 comedy Their First Mistake is a top Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy short, with all too credible home truths among the very amusing comedy, as recognisable situations and feelings mix expertly […]

Nov, 21

Il Grande Duello [The Big Showdown] [The Grand Duel] *** (1972, Lee Van Cleef, Alberto Dentice, Jess Hahn, Marc Mazza, Horst Frank) – Classic Movie Review 7814

Director Giancarlo Santi’s 1972 exciting, typically violent Spaghetti Western Il Grande Duello [The Big Showdown] [The Grand Duel] stars Lee Van Cleef as veteran gunfighter Sheriff Clayton, who takes a young hotshot called Philip Vermeer […]

Nov, 20

Il Grande Silenzio [The Big Silence] [The Great Silence] ***** (1968, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Klaus Kinski, Vonetta McGee, Frank Wolff, Luigi Pistilli) – Classic Movie Review 7813

Jean-Louis Trintignant stars as a mute in Sergio Corbucci’s brilliant 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western Il Grande Silenzio – a suppressed masterpiece. Co-writer/ director Sergio Corbucci’s ambitious and brilliant Italian-made 1968 revisionist Spaghetti Western Il Grande Silenzio [The Big […]

Nov, 20

A Professional Gun [Il Mercenario] [The Mercenary] **** (1968, Franco Nero, Tony Musante, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 7812

Director Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 A Professional Gun [Il Mercenario] [The Mercenary] is a notable spaghetti Western, with strong performances from Jack Palance and Franco Nero (as Ricciolo ‘Curly’ and Sergei Kowalski the Polish, the rival […]

Nov, 20

Deathtrap **** (1982, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 7811

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1982 hit Deathtrap is a hugely enjoyable film version of Ira Levin’s stage thriller, with Michael Caine as the has-been Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl suffering from writer’s block who conceives one of his […]

Nov, 19

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