Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

The Red Badge of Courage **** (1951, Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano, John Dierkes, Tim Durant, Andy Devine, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 7290

John Huston’s studio-butchered 1951 US Civil War movie The Red Badge of Courage is remarkable for its battle scenes and for Audie Murphy’s career-best performance. Writer-director John Huston’s 1951 film of Stephen Crane’s 1895 US Civil […]

Jul, 14 · in Reviews

A Time for Dying *** (1969, Richard Lapp, Anne Randall, Victor Jory, Audie Murphy, Peter Brocco) – Classic Movie Review 7289

Writer-director Budd Boetticher’s 1969 Western A Time for Dying unites him with producer-star Audie Murphy, who returns to a role he had taken as far back as 1950 in Kansas Raiders, that of the outlaw […]

Jul, 14 · in Reviews

Time Bomb [Terror on a Train] *** (1953, Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice Denham) – Classic Movie Review 7288

Director Ted Tetzlaff’s suspenseful and commendable 1953 MGM British black and white B-movie film noir crime thriller Time Bomb stars Glenn Ford and Anne Vernon as married couple Peter and Janine Lyncort, while John Horsley (Railway […]

Jul, 14

Skyscraper ** (2018, Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Pablo Schreiber, Chin Han, Noah Taylor) – Movie Review

Here, hang on a minute, Dwayne, the preposterous Skyscraper needs a reality check. It is a bit of a tall story that takes a lot of swallowing. The preposterous Skyscraper needs a reality check. Writer-director […]

Jul, 14

Freak Show *** (2017, Alex Lawther, AnnaSophia Robb, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, John McEnroe) – Movie Review

Sweet, funny and saying all the right stuff really well. Director Trudie Styler’s Freak Show is sweet and funny, and says all the right stuff really well. Alex Lawther gives a brave and great performance in […]

Jul, 14

The Shuttered Room *** (1967, Oliver Reed, Gig Young, Carol Lynley, Flora Robson) – Classic Movie Review 7287

Director David Greene’s 1967 British-made chiller The Shuttered Room is a very acceptable film of H P Lovecraft’s spooky story of a husband and wife, Mike and Susannah (Gig Young, Carol Lynley) visiting the orphan […]

Jul, 13

Guest Wife *** (1945, Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, Dick Foran) – Classic Movie Review 7286

‘It Takes A Smart Girl To Know Her Own Husband!’ Director Sam Wood’s bright and breezy 1945 black and white romantic comedy Guest Wife stars Claudette Colbert) as American small-town wife Mary Price, who upsets her bank […]

Jul, 13

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