Derek Winnert

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Big Bad Mama *** (1974, Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, usan Sennett, Robbie Lee, Royal Dano) – Classic Movie Review 5369

Director Steve Carver’s robust and rumbustious 1974 gangster thriller is a follow-up to 1970’s Roger Corman hit Bloody Mama with Shelley Winters. This time Angie Dickinson, always game for a go at anything, stars as […]

Apr, 30

Martin **** (1978, John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest) – Classic Movie Review 5049

Writer-director George A Romero’s blood curdling 1978 horror shocker Martin stars John Amplas as a troubled and disturbed 17-year-old American lad called Martin who thinks that he is an 84-year-old vampire escaped from Romania. It […]

Feb, 23

Little Caesar ***** (1931, Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3678

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s pioneering 1931 film noir-style movie is a classic Warner Bros Thirties gangster movie, voted in the top 10 all-time greatest gangster films by the American Film Institute. Edward G Robinson permanently etches himself into […]

May, 08

French Connection II **** (1975, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson) – Classic Movie Review 2,041

John Frankenheimer’s welcome 1975 thriller film French Connection II is not quite such a spectacularly brilliant movie as the original, but as a sequel to one, it’s first class. Gene Hackman brilliantly reprises his Oscar-winning […]

Jan, 03

Narc **** (2002, Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Krista Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 1824

Writer-director Joe Carnahan’s 2002 movie is a commendably tough, intelligent and convincing Seventies-style police thriller. At long last there is a good role for Jason Patric as Nick Tellis, a Detroit PD ex-drugs cop reassigned when […]

Nov, 09

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