Derek Winnert

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Odds Against Tomorrow **** (1959, Robert Ryan, Harry Belafonte, Ed Begley, Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame) – Classic Movie Review 4,993

Robert Wise’s 1959 crime thriller film noir Odds Against Tomorrow is intense and exciting, concentrating on character studies of three crooks involved in a big heist on a bank, with a strong, timely plea for […]

Feb, 13

Undertow *** (1949, Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow, Bruce Bennett, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 4962

William Castle’s 1949 B-movie gangland tale Undertow is good, sturdy film noir crime thriller starring Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart and Peggy Dow. Rock Hudson has a small role as a detective. ‘Every bullet […]

Jan, 29

Blood Father ** (2016, Mel Gibson, Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, Dale Dickey, William H Macy, Miguel Sandoval, Richard Cabral) – Movie Review

Mel Gibson hits the Liam Neeson ‘protect a daughter’ Taken trail as ex-con Link, who reunites with his estranged wayward 17-year old daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) to protect her from Jonah (Diego Luna) and his drug […]

Oct, 20

Dog Eat Dog *** (2016, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Paul Schrader) – Movie Review

Some crazy movie, Dog Eat Dog!! A bunch of old guys behaving badly, well we know what that’s like! Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Matthew Cook star as ex-con buddies Troy, Mad Dog and Diesel, […]

Oct, 11

Something Wild **** (1986, Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 4063

Mixing crime, romance and comedy, director Jonathan Demme’s crazed 1986 thriller is perhaps the best of the cycle of mid-Eighties yuppie-in-peril movies. Jeff Daniels stars as businessman Charles Driggs, a very proper, middle-class man who decides […]

Jul, 21

Hell Drivers ***½ (1957, Stanley Baker, Peggy Cummins, Herbert Lom, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Wilfrid Lawson, Sidney James, Jill Ireland, Alfie Bass, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum) – Classic Movie Review 3458

  Writer-director Cy Endfield’s 1957 British film noir crime drama Hell Drivers stars Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins and Patrick McGoohan. Stanley Baker celebrates his first lead role by giving one of his best tough-guy turns as Joe ‘Tom’ Yateley, a one-time […]

Mar, 07

Les Misérables ***** (1934, Harry Baur, Charles Vanel, Odette Florelle, Josseline Gaël, Charles Dullin, Marguerite Moreno, Jean Servais, Orane Demazis) – Classic Movie Review 3152

Thrilling performances by Harry Baur, as bitter criminal Jean Valjean, and Charles Vanel, as the incredibly dogged policeman Inspector Javert obsessively hunting him down for two decades, light up co-writer/director Raymond Bernard’s esteemed vintage 1934 […]

Dec, 13

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