Derek Winnert

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Nightfall **** (1956, Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, James Gregory, Jocelyn Brando, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond, George Cisar) – Classic Movie Review 5,216

Jacques Tourneur’s tense and suspenseful 1956 cult classic film noir thriller Nightfall stars screen tough guy Aldo Ray, who triumphs in casting against type as Jim Vanning, a guiltless victim finding gangsters’ bank heist loot. […]

Mar, 29

Green Grass of Wyoming *** (1948, Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 3462

Based on the novel by Mary O’Hara, director Louis King’s colourful 1948 slice of Americana about two families who are rivals in trotting horse racing is cute and charming. The big white stallion Thunderhead causes problems for the […]

Mar, 10

Cat Ballou **** (1965, Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin) – Classic Movie Review 2325

Director Elliot Silverstein’s likeable, raucously amusing 1965 spoof Western stars Jane Fonda as the titular Cat (Catherine) Ballou, a schoolmarm turned outlaw and Lee Marvin in dual roles as Kid Shelleen and Tim Strawn, the cinema’s most […]

Mar, 29

Johnny Suede **** (1991, Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Richard Boes, Cheryl Costa) – Classic Movie Review 1782

Writer-director Tom DiCillo’s gleefully quirky and playful 1991 debut comedy is now a firm cult favourite. But it took awhile to gain its status after opening in only one cinema in America, before getting good reviews and […]

Oct, 26

Red Rock West **** (1992, Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dennis Hopper, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 336

Director John Dahl’s 1992 brilliantly quirky and twisty retro-film noir movie is a killer thriller to watch again and again. Lovingly crafted, it’s as menacing and scary as it is steamy. A pre-superstardom Nicolas Cage […]

Oct, 28

Brokeback Mountain ***** (2005, Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal) – Classic Movie Review 45

‘There are places you can never go back to. There are places you’ll never forget…’ A deliciously moving, overwhelmingly passionate tribute to love and friendship, and an incredibly powerful condemnation of bigotry and hatred, Brokeback […]

Jul, 13

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