Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "redemption"

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Light Sleeper *** (1992, Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon, Mary Beth Hurt, Victor Garber, David Spade, Jane Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4154

Writer-director Paul Schrader’s 1992 Breathless-style thriller stars Willem Dafoe as a reformed addict drug pusher on the edge of middle-age, having a bad time with his upscale clients. Then he gets mixed up in murder during […]

Aug, 10

Les Misérables *** (1982, Michel Bouquet, Lino Ventura, Evelyne Bouix, Christiane Jean, Franck Cabot-David, Louis Seigner, Françoise Seigner) – Classic Movie Review 3151

Co-writer/director Robert Hossein’s 1982 drama stars Michel Bouquet, who gives a subtle, controlled and smoulderingly quiet performance as the sneering, obsessively over-law-abiding cop Inspector Javert, in a meticulous, pleasingly enjoyable French screen version of the […]

Dec, 13

Captive ** (2015, Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, Mimi Rogers, Michael K Williams, Leonor Varela) – Movie Review

Life-affirming, uplifting entertainment has its place but it needs a tougher, grittier, more rigorous, challenging edge. Kate Mara plays real-life single mother drug user Ashley Smith who is held captive in her home by Brian Nichols (David Oyelowo) on […]

Sep, 24

Two Weeks in Another Town **** (1962, Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, Daliah Lavi, George Hamilton, Rosanna Schiaffino) – Classic Movie Review 2362

Director Vincente Minnelli’s literate and intelligent 1962 follow-up to MGM’s The Bad and the Beautiful has the same movie-making background and the same star (Kirk Douglas), writer (Charles Schnee), producer (John Houseman) and director, as […]

Apr, 06

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