Derek Winnert

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City on Fire [Lung foo fong wan] **** (1987, Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Yueh Sun) – Classic Movie Review 4286

Allegedly the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs (1992), director Ringo Lam’s top-notch 1987 Hong Kong violent revenge cops ‘n’ robbers thriller City on Fire [Lung foo fong wan] has no trouble standing up on its […]

Sep, 03

W W and the Dixie Dancekings *** (1975, Burt Reynolds, Art Carney, Conny Van Dyke, Jerry Reed, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 4165

Director John G Avildsen’s pleasantly laid-back 1975 comedy stars Burt Reynolds as sweet-talking, happy-go-lucky US Southern Fifties trickster W W Bright. W W is an old rogue of a crook who makes his living robbing […]

Aug, 13

Blue Collar **** (1978, Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jnr, Cliff De Young) – Classic Movie Review 4150

Co-writer/director Paul Schrader shoots from the hip in his directing début – a hard-hitting piece about a trio of car plant labourers in a Detroit auto factory – Zeke (Richard Pryor), Jerry (Harvey Keitel) and Smokey […]

Aug, 09

Private Hell 36 *** (1954, Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff, Dean Jagger, Dorothy Malone, Dabbs Greer) – Classic Movie Review 4067

Director Don Siegel’s resolute and stalwart 1954 thriller tells the story of two disgruntled police officers Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham (Steve Cochran, Howard Duff), who are on the trail of tempting stolen money. A $50 […]

Jul, 23

Armored Car Robbery ***** (1950, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman, Douglas Fowley, Steve Brodie, Don McGuire) – Classic Movie Review 3803

The spectacular 1950 film noir heist thriller Armored Car Robbery is fast, short, tense and punchy. Charles McGraw is just right as the hard-nosed LA cop pursuing murderous criminal Dave Purvis (William Talman). Director Richard […]

Jun, 04

Little Caesar ***** (1931, Edward G Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Glenda Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3678

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s pioneering 1931 film noir-style movie is a classic Warner Bros Thirties gangster movie, voted in the top 10 all-time greatest gangster films by the American Film Institute. Edward G Robinson permanently etches himself into […]

May, 08

The Hunted ***½ (1948, Preston Foster, Belita, Pierre Watkin) – Classic Movie Review 3674

Director Jack Bernhard’s 1948 thriller is an expert, tense and moody film noir, in which Preston Foster stars as a cop probing a gem theft who finds his main squeeze (Belita) may be the criminal […]

May, 08

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