Derek Winnert

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Into the Night **** (1985, Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dan Aykroyd, David Bowie, Richard Farnsworth, Irene Papas, Vera Miles, Dan Aykroyd, Clu Gulager, Kathryn Harrold) – Classic Movie Review 7621

Director John Landis’s dark and dangerous 1985 comedy thriller Into the Night stars Jeff Goldblum as wimpish Los Angeles aviation designer Ed Okin, who cannot sleep, so he drives aimlessly around LA and ends up in the parking garage […]

Sep, 27

The Princess and the Pirate *** (1944, Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan) – Classic Movie Review 7325

Director David Butler’s 1944 pirate romantic comedy adventure The Princess and the Pirate stars Bob Hope as the dithering Sylvester, who is caught up among the sinister schemings of buccaneers in this typical, daft star […]

Jul, 22

The Bravados **** (1958, Gregory Peck, Stephen Boyd, Joan Collins, Albert Salmi, Henry Silva) – Classic Movie Review 7248

Director Henry King’s 1958 revenge and redemption Western The Bravados stars Gregory Peck as grimly determined Jim Douglass, who sets out to find the escaped bad guys – four deadly in-laws – he thinks have […]

Jul, 05

The Old Dark House * (1963, Tom Poston, Janette Scott, Robert Morley, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding, Peter Bull, Danny Green) – Classic Movie Review 6868

Universal Studios lost the rights to the original J B Priestley story in 1957 and director James Whale’s brilliant 1932 old dark comedy chiller The Old Dark House was duly remade by director William Castle in 1962 for […]

Mar, 29

Striking Distance ** (1993, Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 6660

Bruce Willis stars in co-writer/ director Rowdy Herrington’s dreary, by-the-numbers 1993 action thriller as a Pittsburg homicide detective called Tom Hardy who is busted down to river rescue cop after his father is killed in the […]

Feb, 07

Vamp *** (1986, Chris Makepeace, Sandy Baron, Robert Rusler, Dedee Pfeiffer, Gedde Watanabe, Grace Jones, Billy Drago) – Classic Movie Review 6520

Writer-director Richard Wenk’s 1986 contemporary vampire tale adds lashings of gory humour to a fair quota of chills. Chris Makepeace and Robert Rusler star as college kids who go to a bar and hire a […]

Jan, 04

Colorado Territory **** (1949, Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Dorothy Malone, Henry Hull, John Archer) – Classic Movie Review 6,442

Raoul Walsh’s powerful 1949 Western film Colorado Territory gallops along, with a moody, fatalistic atmosphere swirling around Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo, plus a dark film noir look refreshingly unusual in a Western. Director Raoul […]

Dec, 20

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