Derek Winnert

Fatal Beauty ** (1987, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades) – Classic Movie Review 7616

Whoopi Goldberg stars as unconventional Beverly Hills cop Rita Rizzoli, who goes undercover to break a drugs ring and keep cocaine off the streets, in director Tom Holland’s efficiently made, violent 1987 formula comedy thriller […]

Sep, 23 · in Reviews

Crime of Passion *** (1957, Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross) – Classic Movie Review 7,615

The 1957 film noir crime drama Crime of Passion stars Barbara Stanwyck as a cop’s wife who pulls out all the stops to get her homicide detective husband (Sterling Hayden) promoted, stopping at nothing, even murder. […]

Sep, 22 · in Reviews

Climax * (2018, Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile) – Movie Review

Brio film-making but way too strong and scary for me. Writer-director Gaspar Noé’s dynamic but hellish 2018 musical horror drama Climax is controversial brio film-making, perhaps admirable in its way, but way too strong and […]

Sep, 22

The Little Stranger ** (2018, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling, Will Poulter) – Movie Review

Caught between an art film and a chiller movie, director Lenny Abrahamson’s 2018 The Little Stranger is well enough made but clumsy, clichéd and amateurish. On the chiller side, it doesn’t work either as psychological thriller or a […]

Sep, 22

A Simple Favor [A Simple Favour] *** (2018, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding) – Movie Review

The small but perfectly performed and super talented Anna Kendrick stars in director Paul Feig’s likeable 2018 mystery crime drama A Simple Favor [A Simple Favour] as homely vlogger Stephanie Smothers, who seeks to uncover the truth […]

Sep, 22

The House with a Clock in Its Walls ** (2018, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan) – Movie Review

With its thin, rather lame story, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is not great for adults but it is well produced in retro style, quite funny, quite scary, and ideal for its […]

Sep, 22

Mile 22 ** (2018, Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich, Ronda Rousey) – Movie Review

Director Peter Berg’s well-made, impressively staged, visceral action movie thriller Mile 22 is not bad but no knockout and no classic. The 18 certificate for strong bloody violence is a warning. Mile 22 is super-intense. This movie […]

Sep, 22

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