Derek Winnert

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Hereditary **** (2018, Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro) – Movie Review

Debut writer-director Ari Aster’s arty but scary horror mystery movie Hereditary has a lot of things going for it, though brevity and clarity are not among them. Of course he doesn’t need to explain his film, […]

Jun, 02

The King and Four Queens ** (1956, Clark Gable, Jo Van Fleet, Eleanor Parker, Barbara Nichols, Jean Willes, Sara Shane) – Classic Movie Review 6805

Director Raoul Walsh’s roistering and raunchy 1956 Western has a tailor-made role for an agreeably ageing Clark Gable (now no longer with his long-term studio MGM) as the King (his movie nickname too as the […]

Mar, 15

Queen Bee *** (1955, Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 3,381

The 1955 romantic melodrama film Queen Bee stars Joan Crawford as Southern socialite Eva Phillips, the matriarch determined to rule her household with a rod of steel. Crawford obviously relishes her wildly over-the-top bad gal […]

Feb, 19

Joy **** (2015, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen) – Movie Review

An exceptional cast is assembled for Joy, the story of an Italian-American family across four generations and Joy Mangano, the young woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. But Jennifer […]

Dec, 20

Killer Bees ** (1974, Gloria Swanson, Edward Albert, Kate Jackson, Roger Davis, Craig Stevens) – Classic Movie Review 3101

‘She controls the bees. They’ll kill for her — and die for her. She’s their queen… and she’ll live forever.’ Director Curtis Harrington’s enjoyably daft 1974 horror thriller stars the great silent movie actress Gloria […]

Nov, 26

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