Derek Winnert

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The Big Easy **** (1986, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 1855

Director Jim McBride’s hot and fresh 1986 erotic crime thriller stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in their prime and on their peak form. They show they have the sexual chemistry to make screenwriter Daniel […]

Nov, 18

Our Man in Havana **** (1959, Alec Guinness, Noël Coward, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 1808

Director Carol Reed’s 1959 thriller finds the ideal fit in Alec Guinness, who is perfectly cast as Jim Wormold, the meek vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, in this delightful film of one of Graham Greene’s […]

Nov, 05

Odd Man Out ***** (1946, James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 1807

Director Carol Reed’s moody, impeccably crafted 1946 British thriller showcases one of James Mason’s most renowned performances as Johnny McQueen, an IRA Irish nationalist leader gunman who commits a failed mill robbery in Belfast, kills […]

Nov, 05

Wonderland *** (2003, Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas) – Classic Movie Review 1687

In an excellent tour-de-force, Val Kilmer continues his bid to restore his reputation in co-writer/director James Cox’s wild, extreme 2003 movie about a real Hollywood murder. It focuses on the 70s porn movie superstar John […]

Sep, 19

Gleaming the Cube *** (1989, Christian Slater, Steven Bauer) – Classic Movie Review 1597

Director Graeme Clifford’s rumbustious 1989 teen thriller provides an exuberantly entertaining youth-vibe showcase for the 20-year-old Christian Slater as Brian Kelly, a canny ace skateboarding teenage tearaway who skates off with his equally canny skateboard buddies to […]

Aug, 27

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

The Naked City ***** (1948, Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 1581

Director Jules Dassin’s influential, double-Oscar-winning 1948 documentary-style thriller is still sizzlingly exciting and atmospheric. It succeeds triumphantly in being designed to give a feel of vibrant ‘you are there’ reality by being based on a true case […]

Aug, 23

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