Derek Winnert

Recent Posts

Posts Tagged "motel"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "motel".

The Girl in Black Stockings *** (1957, Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren) – Classic Movie Review 5217

Director Howard W Koch’s entertaining 1957 thriller stars a fine line-up in Anne Bancroft, Lex Barker, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren and John Holland, and makes ideal late-night film noir viewing. […]

Mar, 29

The Silence of the Hams [Il Silenzio dei Prosciutti] * (1994, Ezio Greggio, Dom DeLuise, Billy Zane, Joanna Pacula, Charlene Tilton, Martin Balsam, Rip Taylor, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 5013

Writer-producer-director- star Ezio Greggio’s 1994 comedy is a horrible, laugh-free parody of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and other killer thrillers, mainly Psycho (1960). It is opportunist and pathetic and lacks the imagination to have any […]

Feb, 07

A Hole in the Head *** (1959, Frank Sinatra, Edward G Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Eddie Hodges, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 4726

Alas, a great stage play, a great cast (Frank Sinatra, Edward G Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma Ritter, Eddie Hodges, Keenan Wynn and Joi Lansing), a great director (Frank Capra) and a great song […]

Nov, 30

Something Wild **** (1986, Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 4063

Mixing crime, romance and comedy, director Jonathan Demme’s crazed 1986 thriller is perhaps the best of the cycle of mid-Eighties yuppie-in-peril movies. Jeff Daniels stars as businessman Charles Driggs, a very proper, middle-class man who decides […]

Jul, 21

Psycho * (1998, Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Viggo Mortensen, Julianne Moore, William H Macy, Robert Forster, Philip Baker Hall) – Classic Movie Review 2301

Director Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock classic is a pointless lost cause. Van Sant won the 1999 Razzie award for Worst Director and the film won the Razzie for Worst […]

Mar, 22

Fiddler on the Roof ***** (1971, Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon) – Classic Movie Review 2,115

Producer-director Norman Jewison’s triple Oscar-winning 1971 movie of the all-time great musical Fiddler on the Roof soars to the rooftops thanks to a great show and the spirited Topol’s charismatic star turn. On the route […]

Jan, 26

Liberty Heights **** (1999, Joe Mantegna, Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Bebe Neuwirth) – Classic Movie Review 1546

Writer-director Barry Levinson’s posh, intelligent, enjoyable if rambling 1999 coming-of-age drama centres on two Jewish brothers in Baltimore in 1954-55. It boasts powerful, committed performances from a strong cast headed by Adrien Brody, Ben Foster , Joe […]

Aug, 15

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.

© 2014 Derek Winnert. All Rights Reserved.