Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "crime thriller"

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Illegal Entry ** (1949, Howard Duff, George Brent, Marta Toren, Tom Tully, Paul Stewart, Gar Moore) – Classic Movie Review 11,420

Illegal Entry (1949) is supposedly based on a real-life US Immigration Service case and is a bit of an advert for the bureau. Director Frederick de Cordova’s 1949 Universal Pictures American black and white film […]

Jul, 24

Follow Me Quietly ** (1949, William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey) – Classic Movie Review 11,203

Director Richard Fleischer’s 1949 American police procedural film noir Follow Me Quietly stars William Lundigan as an obsessive police detective who trails an elusive serial killer strangler called The Judge. ‘Police baffled by the FACELESS […]

May, 13

Nine Queens **** (2000, Ricardo Darín, Gastón Pauls, Leticia Brédice) – Classic Movie Review 1576

Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls star as Marcos and Juan, a couple of conmen who join forces to pull off a swindle involving a sheet of rare counterfeit stamps. They’re trying to con a stamp collector into buying the fakes […]

Aug, 22

No Country for Old Men ***** (2007, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin) – Classic Movie Review 334

The Coen Brothers’ sensational, sizzling 2007 crime thriller film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars, was their biggest hit so far, and was undoubtedly the movie of the year. Certainly the Academy Award […]

Oct, 27

Hard Rain **** (1998, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 315

Director Mikael Salomon’s extremely well done, exciting, first-class 1998 crime thriller Hard Rain boasts a new idea at its heart and a wonderfully convincing production, achieved under the most difficult of circumstances. A storm hits […]

Oct, 23

Pulp Fiction ***** (1994, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L Jackson, Bruce Willis) – Classic Movie Review 13

Often unbearably tense and frequently hilarious, Quentin Tarantino’s second film, following his greatly admired 1992 cult hit Reservoir Dogs, is still his masterpiece. Tarantino’s brilliantly inventive and exuberant direction of his ultra-smart, sadistically violent 1994 […]

Jul, 03

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