Derek Winnert

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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

The Brothers Rico **** (1957, Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, James Darren, Larry Gates, Paul Picerni) – Classic Movie Review 8014

Director Phil Karlson’s excellent 1957 black and white film noir crime thriller The Brothers Rico is taken from a Georges Simenon novel called Les Frères Rico, and stars Richard Conte, James Darren, Dianne Foster, Kathryn […]

Jan, 14

The Valachi Papers *** (1972, Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari, Joseph Wiseman) – Classic Movie Review 7776

Charles Bronson plays gangster and informer Joseph Valachi, who spills the beans on his real-life Mafia tale, in director Terence Young’s 1972 thriller The Valachi Papers [Joe Valachi, I Segreti di Cosa Nostra], a very […]

Nov, 11

Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow * (1994, George Gaynes, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Leslie Easterbrook, G W Bailey, Ron Perlman, Christopher Lee, Charlie Schlatter, Claire Forlani, Richard Israel) – Classic Movie Review 6945

‘Kicking buttski. Making you laughski. The Academy is backski!’ Oh so naffoffski! After a happy respite of five years since Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989), the Police Academy returns for its final episode, […]

Apr, 18

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond **** (1960, Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White) – Classic Movie Review 6430

Director Budd Boetticher’s classic cult 1960 gangster B-movie, with lots of action and an authoritative, career-best performance by Ray Danton as the hoodlum Jack ‘Legs’ Diamond in prohibition-era Twenties New York, deserves its fame and […]

Dec, 19

Bugsy **** (1991, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Elliott Gould) – Classic Movie Review 6060

Warren Beatty stars in director Barry Levinson’s exciting, lovingly crafted 1991 mob crime thriller Bugsy as real-life charming but psychotic Forties gangster Benjamin (‘Bugsy’) Siegel, sent by Meyer Lansky (Ben Kingsley) to control the rackets […]

Oct, 06

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