Derek Winnert

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Suburra **** (2015, Pierfrancesco Favino, Elio Germano, Claudio Amendola, Alessandro Borghi, Adamo Dionisi, Greta Scarano) – Classic Movie Review 13,902

Stefano Sollima’s brilliant 2015 Italian neo-noir crime film Suburra focuses on sex, violence, organized crime, politics and religion in Rome, in a terrifying Mafia story inspired by true events. Director Stefano Sollima’s brilliant 2015 Italian neo-noir crime film Suburra is […]

Apr, 05

A Better Way to Die ** (2000, Andre Braugher, Scott Wiper, Lou Diamond Phillips, Natasha Henstridge, Joe Pantoliano) – Classic Movie Review 13,868

The 2000 action thriller film A Better Way to Die stars Andre Braugher, Lou Diamond Phillips, Natasha Henstridge, and Scott Wiper as a Chicago ex-cop pursued by the Mafia and the FBI. Writer/ producer/ director Scott Wiper’s […]

Mar, 04
Pay or Die **** (1960, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Austin, Zohra Lampert, Robert F Simon, Renata Vanni, John Marley) – Classic Movie Review 13,360

Pay or Die **** (1960, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Austin, Zohra Lampert, Robert F Simon, Renata Vanni, John Marley) – Classic Movie Review 13,360

The 1960 crime film Pay or Die tells the real-life story of Mafia-led extortion racketeers in lower Manhattan’s Little Italy. Ernest Borgnine stars as the NYPD Lieutenant whose Italian Squad takes on the Black Hand.  […]

Jan, 20

Tony Arzenta – Big Guns [No Way Out] **** (1973, Alain Delon, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Marc Porel, Roger Hanin) – Classic Movie Review 12,324

‘By mistake they killed his wife and child – THAT was a hell of a mistake!’ Yes, that’s the spoiler alert advertising, but the mistake is when the Milan-based mafia hitman Tony Arzenta tells his bosses […]

Sep, 26

Crazy Joe **** (1974, Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson, Charles Cioffi, Rip Torn, Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Fausto Tozzi) – Classic Movie Review 12,191

Director Carlo Lizzani’s 1974 crime thriller film Crazy Joe is an effective, strongly cast Italian gangster movie about real-life hot-tempered New York mafia boss ‘Crazy Joe’ Gallo, played by Peter Boyle. Crazy Joe is a […]

Jun, 23

Black Gunn * (1972, Jim Brown, Martin Landau, Brenda Sykes, Herbert Jefferson Jr, Luciana Paluzzi) – Classic Movie Review 11,827

Director Robert Hartford-Davis’s 1972 crime action thriller Black Gunn is a rather poor, and dismayingly weakly made blaxploitation movie, with Jim Brown as Gunn, a rich nightclub owner on the trail of mafia capo and […]

Jan, 04

Black Hand *** (1950, Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli) – Classic Movie Review 11,821

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1950 American film noir Black Hand stars Gene Kelly, J Carrol Naish and Teresa Celli. A young New York Italian guy, Johnny Columbo (Kelly), working with police detective Louis Lorelli (Naish), sets out to […]

Jan, 01

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