Derek Winnert

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Interpol [Pickup Alley] ** (1957, Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano, Marne Maitland, Eric Pohlmann, Sydney Tafler, Sidney James, Lionel Murton, Danny Green, Yana) – Classic Movie Review 8013

Director John Gilling’s rather pedestrian and plodding 1957 British black and white action thriller Interpol [Pickup Alley] has few surprises and little atmosphere, but it is distinguished by the dominating presence of Trevor Howard, who […]

Jan, 14

Beautiful Boy ** (2018, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan) – Movie Review

Steve Carell stars as real-life troubled dad David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet co-stars as his drug and booze addicted son Nic Sheff in Belgian co-writer/ director Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, a drama of an […]

Oct, 13

Tequila Sunrise **** (1988, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, J T Walsh, Arliss Howard, Ayre Gross) – Classic Movie Review 7650

The intelligent and gripping 1988 romantic crime thriller Tequila Sunrise is written and directed by Robert Towne (who scripted Chinatown). It boasts a good Eighties cast, with three glossy and appealing stars: Mel Gibson as […]

Oct, 09

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

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

Revenge **** (2017, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe) – Movie Review

Coralie Fargeat’s full-on feminist French thriller Revenge (2017) is stonkingly intense, exciting and brilliantly shot (by Robrecht Heyvaert), with an interesting, playfully post-modern take on the war between men and women. There is more flesh […]

May, 20

The Big Shakedown *** (1934, Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6901

Director John Francis Dillon’s 1934 crime drama stars Bette Davis as platinum blonde Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk who wants to shake off her pharmacist husband Jimmy (Charles Farrell) when he is duped into joining […]

Apr, 08

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