Derek Winnert

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The Brotherhood **** (1968, Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santiis) – Classic Movie Review 11,229

Director Martin Ritt’s 1968 crime thriller The Brotherhood stars Kirk Douglas as Frank Ginetta, a traditional gangster boss, a Mafia don who takes his younger brother Vince (Alex Cord) into the Mafia with tragic results. […]

May, 22

Hoffa ** (1992, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, Kevin Anderson, J T Walsh, Frank Whaley, Robert Prosky) – Classic Movie Review 10,953

Director Danny DeVito’s 1992 film Hoffa stars Jack Nicholson, who gives a committed and powerful but one-note performance as Jimmy Hoffa, the notorious president of the all-powerful American teamsters’ union. DeVito’s old-fashioned biopic is as […]

Feb, 22

Weekend at Bernie’s *** (1989, Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9285

Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1989 Weekend at Bernie’s is a spirited, even memorable try at that notoriously difficult genre – black comedy – in which New York insurance yuppies Larry Wilson and Richard Parker (Andrew McCarthy […]

Jan, 20

Les Triplettes de Belleville [The Triplets of Belleville] [Belleville Rendez-vous] (2003, voices of Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin) – Classic Movie Review 8812

Writer-director Sylvain Chomet’s 2003 French animated gem Les Triplettes de Belleville [The Triplets of Belleville] [Belleville Rendez-vous], told with very little dialogue, is an impressively designed, highly imaginative and vibrant cartoon, packed with attractively eccentric, […]

Aug, 10

The Don Is Dead ** (1973, Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Angel Tompkins, Charles Cioffi) – Classic Movie Review 8590

‘In the Fall of 1971, Don Angelo DiMorra began an innocent affair with a beautiful woman. It started the bloodiest carnival of murder in the history of American crime.’ Frederic Forrest and Al Lettieri star […]

Jun, 14

Every Little Crook and Nanny *** (1972, Lynn Redgrave, Victor Mature, Paul Sand) – Classic Movie Review 8518

The 1972 film Every Little Crook and Nanny is a surprisingly entertaining comedy about a mafioso (Victor Mature) losing his 12-year-old son (Phillip Graves) to his nanny (Lynn Redgrave) as she masterminds the kidnapping of […]

May, 29

Catchfire **** (1990, Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, Joe Pesci, Fred Ward, Julie Adams) – Classic Movie Review 8153

Director Dennis Hopper’s 1990 Catchfire [Backtrack] stars Jodie Foster as an alluring modern artist called Anne Benton, who witnesses a mob killing and goes on the run from town to town, switching identities, chased by […]

Feb, 20

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