Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "on the run"

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Pierrot le Fou **** (1965, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Anna Karina, Graziella Galvani) – Classic Movie Review 3139

Writer-director Jean-Luc Godard’s deservedly celebrated 1965 French classic borrows its plot from the American thriller genre. Jean-Paul Belmondo, from Godard’s Breathless (À bout de souffle), again stars for the French New Wave maestro as Ferdinand Griffon, ‘Pierrot’ […]

Dec, 08

Survivor ** (2015, Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Frances de la Tour, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Roger Rees) – Movie Review

Milla Jovovich stars as a kickass US State Department employee whose job on her new posted to the American embassy in London is stopping terrorists from getting into the US. With her brilliant instincts, she smells […]

Jun, 03

No Man of Her Own *** (1932, Clark Gable, Carole Lombard, Paul Ellis, J Farrell MacDonald, Dorothy Mackaill) – Classic Movie Review 2260

Director Wesley Ruggles’s 1932 comedy-drama romance No Man of Her Own is unique as the only film to star Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who married in 1939. Gable stars as Babe Stewart, a high-stakes poker player […]

Mar, 13

The Getaway **** (1994, Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 2,228

The sizzling 1994 action crime thriller The Getaway is a surprise remake of the 1972 favourite. This time Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger star as the crooks who have to rob a race-track alongside psychotic […]

Mar, 01

You Only Live Once ***** (1937, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, William Gargan, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 2176

Fritz Lang’s splendid 1937 film noir crime melodrama thriller You Only Live Once is one of his best, most distinguished movies. It stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney and is set in Depression-hit America. Director […]

Feb, 14

Taken 3 *** (2014, Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace, Jonny Weston, Dougray Scott) – Movie Review

Liam Neeson returns for a third and final time as ex-government operative Bryan Mills, who is framed for murder and must track down the real killers, in the 2014 French action thriller Taken 3. Liam […]

Jan, 06

They Live by Night ***** (1948, Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, Howard DaSilva, Jay C Flippen) – Classic Movie Review 1,585

Nicholas Ray’s 1948 film noir They Live by Night stars Farley Granger as a young fugitive who falls in love with a woman (Cathy O’Donnell) but they become a couple on the run. This beautiful, supremely sensitive, highly […]

Aug, 23

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