Derek Winnert

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The Sinister Urge [The Young and the Immoral] * (1960, Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Jean Fontaine) – Classic Movie Review 5291

Kenne Duncan and Duke Moore play cops Lieutenant Matt Carson and Sergeant Randy Stone, who tackle a porn-flick scam, in another deliriously rotten exploitation picture from the world’s worst film-maker, writer-director, Edward Wood Jr. In […]

Apr, 15

Raw Deal ***½ (1948, Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 5276

Director Anthony Mann’s rousing little 1948 film noir crime drama Raw Deal tells a complex, tough tale about a young woman called Pat Cameron (Claire Trevor) who helps her innocent boyfriend Joe Sullivan (Dennis O’Keefe) […]

Apr, 10

The Mad Miss Manton **** (1938, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene) – Classic Movie Review 5203

Henry Fonda is battling miscasting in screwball comedy as newspaper editor Peter Ames, but Barbara Stanwyck is perfect, throwing herself delightfully into the part of The Mad Miss Manton (1938). Director Leigh Jason’s short (just […]

Mar, 27

Gideon of Scotland Yard [Gideon’s Day] ***½ (1958, Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Anna Lee, Andrew Ray, Anna Massey, Frank Lawton, John Loder, Cyril Cusack, Derek Bond) – Classic Movie Review 5152

Producer-director John Ford’s engrossing and compelling 1958 British thriller Gideon of Scotland Yard [Gideon’s Day] stars an ideally cast Jack Hawkins as harassed plain-clothes police inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who is having quite […]

Mar, 13

River’s Edge **** (1986, Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye, Roxana Zal, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 5132

Director Tim Hunter’s notable 1986 cult success River’s Edge boasts outstanding, memorable eccentric acting turns from Dennis Hopper as Feck, a crippled drugs supplier, and Crispin Glover as Layne, a crazy customer. Neal Jimenez is […]

Mar, 10

Normal Life **** (1996, Luke Perry, Ashley Judd, Bruce A Young) – Classic Movie Review 5131

This outstanding 1996 Bonnie and Clyde-style neo noir crime thriller comes from John McNaughton, the director of the highly controversial Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986). Former TV sex magnet Luke (Beverly Hills 90210) Perry […]

Mar, 10

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm **** (1993, voices of Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Abe Vigoda, Efrem Zimbalist Jr, Stacy Keach) – Classic Movie Review 5110

Director Bruce W Timm’s 1993 film is the top-rate first ever animated feature film version of Bob Kane’s DC Comics Caped Crusader characters. Striking animation, with stylised characters, shadowy and moody visuals (described by the […]

Mar, 06

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