Derek Winnert

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This Gun for Hire ***** (1942, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston) – Classic Movie Review 1,011

The 1942 film noir thriller This Gun for Hire transforms Graham Greene’s novel into a showcase for the sparkling new star team of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake (just 20), propelling them into superstardom. ‘You […]

Mar, 29

Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997, Sandra Bullock) – Bad Movie 2

Director Jan de Bont’s 1997 Keanu Reeves-less sequel to the 1994 megahit is a farrago. Everything about it goes wrong where everything went right the first time. You wouldn’t think it was the same director, […]

Mar, 23

The Bone Collector *** (1999, Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah) – Classic Movie Review 973

Critics were sent a bag of phony blood as their invitation to this dark Se7en-style serial killer action thriller – an apt image for a movie that manages most of the snap and crackle but […]

Mar, 23

Bullitt ***** (1968, Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Vaughn) – Classic Movie Review 941

Peter Yates’s 1968 police action thriller film Bullitt is the best-ever car chase movie as well as (arguably) the quintessential Steve McQueen movie, plus a great Lalo Schifrin score. British director Peter Yates’s 1968 police […]

Mar, 19

Gone in 60 Seconds *** (1974, H B Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda) – Classic Movie Review 940

A car thief is forced by an evil crime boss baddie to come out of retirement to steal 50 vehicles in a night to save his brother’s life. H B Halicki writes, produces, directs, does his […]

Mar, 19

Random Hearts *** (1999, Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S Dutton, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 932

Producer-director Sydney Pollack’s 1999 romance focuses on the anger and grief that bring two strangers (Internal Affairs officer Harrison Ford, Congresswoman Kristin Scott Thomas) together after a plane crash that kills their respective faithless spouses […]

Mar, 18

Guys and Dolls **** (1955, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine) – Classic Movie Review 925

The four-Oscar-winning writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz films one of Broadway’s finest, all-time-great shows, based on the famous short stories by Damon Runyon. He turns it into a genially pleasing, attractively easy-going, if none too cinematic […]

Mar, 17

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