Derek Winnert

Cool Breeze ** (1972, Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher) – Classic Movie Review 8203

Writer-director Barry Pollack’s 1972 Cool Breeze is an interesting if ordinary blaxploitation thriller movie reworking (for the third time) of the 1950 classic The Asphalt Jungle, with a predominately black cast headed by Jim Watkins […]

Mar, 06 · in Reviews

The Badlanders *** (1958, Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado) – Classic Movie Review 8203

Director Delmer Daves’s 1958 The Badlanders is a tense, tough and taut Western remake of the classic 1950 heist movie The Asphalt Jungle, with Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine as Arizona crooks planning to outwit […]

Mar, 05 · in Reviews

Cairo ** (1963, George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamamah, John Meillon, Eric Pohlmann) – Classic Movie Review 8,203

The 1963 black and white Egypt jewel treasures heist caper thriller film Cairo is one of MGM’s three attempted remakes of the 1950 classic The Asphalt Jungle, with the supposedly ‘perfect’ robbery this time effectively […]

Mar, 05

The Naked Jungle *** (1954, Charlton Heston, Eleanor Parker, Abraham Sofaer, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 8202

Director Byron Haskin’s 1954 jeopardy action adventure thriller The Naked Jungle stars Eleanor Parker as mail-order bride Joanna Leiningen, who goes to live with her rich new cocoa plantation-owner husband Christopher (Heston) in the Amazon […]

Mar, 05

Mystery Train **** (1989, Masatoshi Nagase, Yûki Kudô, Nicoletta Braschi, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 8201

Cult favourite Jim Jarmusch directs the 1989 comedy drama Mystery Train, a portmanteau film of three seemingly unrelated stories that come together satisfyingly in the last reel with the characters linked by a Memphis hotel […]

Mar, 05

The Wind Cannot Read *** (1958, Dirk Bogarde, Yôko Tani, John Fraser, Ronald Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 8200

‘2000 Years of Tradition Said “No!” To Their Love – But Nothing Could Stop It From Happening!’ Director Ralph Thomas’s 1958 British wartime romantic drama The Wind Cannot Read stars Dirk Bogarde at his most […]

Mar, 05

Windbag the Sailor *** (1936, Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Norma Varden) – Classic Movie Review 8199

Director William Beaudine’s 1936 British comedy Windbag the Sailor stars Will Hay in his first teaming with Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. The beloved trio of comics try hard with a moderate script and character […]

Mar, 05

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