Derek Winnert

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The Return of Martin Guerre [Le Retour de Martin Guerre] **** (1982, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Sylvie Meda) – Classic Movie Review 4985

Co-writer/ director Daniel Vigne’s highly popular and successful 1982 romantic crime drama, based on the novel by Janet Lewis, finds Gérard Depardieu at a career peak. Depardieu does well, taking on a for him unusual quiet dignity […]

Feb, 15

Pool of London ***½ (1951, Earl Cameron, Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson, Moira Lister, Max Adrian, Joan Dowling, James Robertson Justice) – Classic Movie Review 4399

Director Basil Dearden’s vintage 1951 British black and white crime thriller Pool of London stars Earl Cameron as Johnny Lambert, a basically honest Jamaican seaman who gets up to his ears in his thieving American […]

Sep, 23

Armored Car Robbery ***** (1950, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 3803

The spectacular 1950 film noir heist thriller Armored Car Robbery is fast, short, tense and punchy. Charles McGraw is just right as the hard-nosed LA cop pursuing murderous criminal Dave Purvis (William Talman). Director Richard […]

Jun, 04

Force of Evil ***** (1948, John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 2556

Co-writer/director Abraham Polonsky’s dynamic, first-rate 1948 film noir crime thriller stars John Garfield, who gives a superlative performance as Joe Morse, a gangster’s attorney who lets his greed overcome his sense of morality. Morse is […]

Jun, 06

A Fuller Life ***½ (2013, Samuel Fuller, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Joe Dante, Tim Roth, Wim Wenders, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bill Duke) – Movie Review

A Fuller Life is a must-see documentary on the life and movies of maverick film director Sam Fuller, poignantly directed by his daughter Samantha, who bursts with curiosity and pride about her dad. Friends and […]

May, 12

Thirteen **** (2003, Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed, Vanessa Hudgens, Brady Corbet, Ulysses Estrada, Kip Pardue, Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Unger) – Classic Movie Review 1495

Co-writer/director Catherine Hardwicke’s 2003 drama is a real eye-opener. Holly Hunter stars as Melanie Freeland, whose aimless 13-year-old daughter Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is tempted by her popular if troubled new friend Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed) into a […]

Jul, 30

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