Derek Winnert

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The Gang’s All Here *** (1939, Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers, Edward Everett Horton, Syd Walker, Otto Kruger, Jack La Rue, Walter Rilla) – Classic Movie Review 12,686

Jack Buchanan, Googie Withers and Edward Everett Horton star in the amusing, energetic 1939 British black-and-white slapstick comedy-mystery film The Gang’s All Here. Director Thornton Freeland’s entertaining, energetic 1939 British black-and-white slapstick comedy-mystery film The […]

Oct, 26

Hard Men (1996, Vincent Regan, Lee Ross, Ross Boatman, ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser, Ken Campbell, Mirella D’Angelo) – Classic Movie Review 11,535

Writer-director J K Amalou’s 1996 British crime gangster black comedy film Hard Men is an appalling British ‘homage’ to Quentin Tarantino, in which a vicious London gangland crime boss Pops Den (played by former real-life hard man “Mad” Frankie […]

Aug, 30

Johnny Stecchino *** (1991, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli) – Classic Movie Review 11,406

Director Roberto Benigni’s popular 1991 Italian comedy Johnny Stecchino stars Roberto Benigni in dual roles and is one of his many collaborations with co-star and wife, Nicoletta Braschi. It was then the highest grossing film […]

Jul, 20

The Irishman ***** (2019, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci) – Movie Review

Director Martin Scorsese is on fire for his 2019 mob crime thriller The Irishman – and so is his screen-writer Steven Zaillian, carving out a really brilliant, scintillating screenplay from Charles Brandt’s book. Even so, […]

Dec, 20

The Black Orchid ** (1959, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Ina Balin) – Classic Movie Review 7114

Director Martin Ritt’s 1959 romance The Black Orchid has good stars in Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn and Ina Balin and plenty of talent behind the cameras to try to make it work. But still it […]

Jun, 04

The FBI Story ***½ (1959, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6,658

The 1959 thriller film The FBI Story stars James Stewart as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Chip Hardesty. The FBI controlled every move and the production had J Edgar Hoover breathing down their neck constantly. […]

Feb, 07

Borsalino **** (1970, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Catherine Rouvel) – Classic Movie Review 5553

The stylish 1970 Thirties-set French gangster film Borsalino is the ideal vehicle for Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo in their prime, as petty criminals Roch Siffredi and François Capella, who graduate into big-time mobsters down […]

Jun, 04

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