Derek Winnert

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This Property Is Condemned ***½ (1966, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Mary Badham, Kate Reid, Charles Bronson) – Classic Movie Review 5044

Director Sydney Pollack 1966 dysfunctional family romantic drama is typical Tennessee Williams fare, though his two-hander, one-act play is merely the starting point of a more ambitious movie screenplay co-written by the young Francis Coppola. […]

Feb, 22

Fists in the Pocket [I Pugni in Tasca] **** (1965, Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Liliana Gerace, Marino Masé) – Classic Movie Review 4457

In a small provincial Italian town, a blind widow (Liliana Gerace) lives with her four children, a sister and three brothers, three of whom are bound by their epilepsy, putting the family under constant tension […]

Oct, 05

Cry-Baby **** (1990, Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake, Amy Locane) – Classic Movie Review 2095

Writer-director John Waters’s infectiously campy 1990 spoof teen musical romantic comedy stars the young and sexily cute Johnny Depp, who was 26 but looks about 16. Depp radiates star quality as the tough teen rebel of […]

Jan, 21

Addams Family Reunion ** (1998, Daryl Hannah, Tim Curry, Patrick Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1604

The Addams Family just isn’t the same when it’s a different family. Director David Payne’s 1998 second sequel to the 1991 hit The Addams Family is a mediocre, if watchable made-for-video black comedy based on […]

Aug, 30

Palookaville **** (1995, William Forsythe, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese) – Classic Movie Review 340

This refreshing, sweet 1995 little gem comes from director Alan Taylor, who went on to become a TV segment veteran before his big-screen chance as the maker of Thor: The Dark World (2103). Adam Trese, […]

Oct, 30

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