Derek Winnert

The House on 92nd Street **** (1945, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 8226

The 1945 fact-based film noir spy thriller The House on 92nd Street was made with the help of the FBI. It tells the story about the US chase after a German spy ring in Washington […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

Ransom! **** (1956, Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez, Robert Keith) – Classic Movie Review 8225

The tense 1956 film noir crime thriller Ransom! is an impressive showcase for Glenn Ford, who dominates it with his convincing performance as a nervy but determined dad whose son is kidnapped for ransom. Despite […]

Mar, 11 · in Reviews

Ransom [The Terrorists] ** (1975, Sean Connery, Ian McShane, James Maxwell, Isabel Dean, William Fox, Jeffry Wickham) – Classic Movie Review 8224

Director Caspar Wrede’s offbeat, strained 1975 British thriller Ransom [The Terrorists] is set in Scandinavia and stars Sean Connery as a ruthless Norwegian special military police boss Colonel Tahlvik who is assigned to deal with […]

Mar, 10

Over the Edge *** (1979, Matt Dillon, Michael Eric Kramer, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano) – Classic Movie Review 8223

Matt Dillon makes his movie début at 15, already exuding confidence and charisma as Richie, one of the bored teenage rebels without a cause who play with guns, abuse drink and drugs, and taunt cops, […]

Mar, 10

On the Edge *** (2001, Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Jonathan Jackson, Martin Carney, Stephen Rea) – Classic Movie Review 8,222

Cillian Murphy stars as a suicidal young man sent to stay in a Dublin psychiatric hospital, where he meets influential new friends, in John Carney’s 2001 Irish drama film On the Edge. Co-writer/ director John Carney’s 2001 Irish […]

Mar, 10

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum *** (1966, Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford) – Classic Movie Review 8221

And a funny thing happened to the 1962 Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum on the way to the screen for this 1966 British screwball comedy. Director Richard Lester […]

Mar, 09

How I Won the War *** (1967, Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear, Jack MacGowran, Michael Hordern) – Classic Movie Review 8220

Director Richard Lester’s iconic 1967 British comedy How I Won the War is a frenzied and frantic send-up of war movies, working from a surreal script by Charles Wood, based on Patrick Ryan’s novel. It […]

Mar, 09

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