Derek Winnert

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Safe in Hell **** (1931, Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse) – Classic Movie Review 6,835

Warner Bros’ fascinating and provocative 1931 crime drama film Safe in Hell stars Dorothy Mackaill as Gilda Karlson, a New Orleans hooker who flees to a Caribbean island after apparently killing Piet Van Saal (Ralf […]

Mar, 20

The Presidio *** (1988, Sean Connery, Mark Harmon, Meg Ryan, Jack Warden) – Classic Movie Review 6795

Director Peter Hyams’s 1988 The Presidio is routine action stuff, though the movie is sparked up by Sean Connery’s gruffly winning performance and some lively chases. But just what happened to Larry Ferguson screenplay? It […]

Mar, 12

The Cheap Detective ** (1978, Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, John Houseman, Louise Fletcher, Nicol Williamson, Fernando Lamas, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 6793

The actors seem to be having a good time in the 1978 comedy The Cheap Detective sending up Humphrey Bogart’s films in a 1940 San Francisco-set parody with Peter Falk as a Bogart-style character called […]

Mar, 12

Hooper *** (1978, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jan-Michael Vincent, Brian Keith, John Marley, James Best, Adam West, Robert Klein) – Classic Movie Review 6739

Director Hal Needham’s amiable 1978 action adventure comedy is a very typical Seventies vehicle for Burt Reynolds, re-teamed with his Smokey and the Bandit (1977) co-star Sally Field and its director Needham (a former Hollywood stuntman). […]

Feb, 26

Woman Wanted *** (1935, Maureen O’Sullivan, Joel McCrea, Lewis Stone, Louis Calhern, Edgar Kennedy, Adrienne Ames) – Classic Movie Review 6,722

The 1935 thriller film Woman Wanted is a mild but fun crime melodrama with good performances from a capable cast and enough extra twists and bright spots to keep it ticking over pleasantly. Maureen O’Sullivan […]

Feb, 22

Striking Distance ** (1993, Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 6660

Bruce Willis stars in co-writer/ director Rowdy Herrington’s dreary, by-the-numbers 1993 action thriller as a Pittsburg homicide detective called Tom Hardy who is busted down to river rescue cop after his father is killed in the […]

Feb, 07

Beverly Hills Cop II ** (1987, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronnie Cox, Allen Garfield, Brigitte Nielsen, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 6650

Eddie Murphy’s energy and charm are severely tested on director Tony Scott’s extremely inferior 1987 sequel to 1984’s great hit Beverly Hills Cop. Predictably, Scott mostly dumps the original’s comedy element in favour of unsubtle strong […]

Feb, 04

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