Derek Winnert

Payback **** (1999, Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Kris Kristofferson, William Devane, James Coburn, John Glover, Lucy Liu, Jack Conley) – Classic Movie Review 8,398

Brian Helgeland’s 1999 neo noir crime thriller film Payback stars Mel Gibson as career thief Porter, who recovers from being double-crossed and left to die to exact revenge and get his share of a bloody heist. […]

Apr, 26 · in Uncategorized

The Man Who Haunted Himself *** (1970, Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Olga-Georges Picot, Anton Rodgers, Freddie Jones, Thorley Walters, John Carson, John Welsh, Gerald Sim, Edward Chapman) – Classic Movie Review 8397

Director Basil Dearden’s 1970 The Man Who Haunted Himself is a slight but effective tale of terror starring Roger Moore as Mr Harold Pelham, the quiet, boring businessman who recovers from a near fatal road […]

Apr, 25 · in Reviews

Nighthawks *** (1981, Sylvester Stallone, Rutger Hauer, Billy Dee Williams, Nigel Davenport, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta) – Classic Movie Review 8396

Sylvester Stallone stars in Nighthawks (1981) as New York City street cop Deke DaSilva, who reluctantly takes on the job of terminating international terrorist Heymar ‘Wulfgar’ Reinhardt (played by Rutger Hauer) when he blows up a […]

Apr, 24

Fear in the Night **** (1947, Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran) – Classic Movie Review 8395

Writer-director Maxwell Shane’s 1947 black and white film noir Fear in the Night is a neat, enjoyable little puzzle thriller with an exceptionally satisfying plot about a bank clerk called Vince Grayson (DeForest Kelley) who […]

Apr, 24

Nightmare **** (1956, Edward G Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine) – Classic Movie Review 8,394

The 1956 American crime film noir Nightmare stars Kevin McCarthy as a New Orleans big-band clarinettist who has a nightmare in which he sees himself killing a man in a mirrored room. Kevin McCarthy stars in producers William […]

Apr, 24

My Learned Friend **** (1943, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns) – Classic Movie Review 8393

Will Hay’s last film My Learned Friend, directed in 1943 by Basil Dearden and Will Hay, is extremely funny and has the bonus of an unusually macabre edge to it. Hay plays seedy lawyer William […]

Apr, 24

The Ghost of St Michael’s **** (1941, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 8392

Director Marcel Varnel’s 1941 vintage British black and white comedy thriller The Ghost of St Michael’s stars Will Hay again as a tatty teacher called William Lamb involved with spies once more. Hay takes on […]

Apr, 23

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