Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Ex-Lady *** (1933, Bette Davis, Gene Raymond, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 6851

Warner Bros revamp their 1931 hit Illicit as a pre-Motion Picture Production Code vehicle for the young and vibrant Bette Davis, who grabs hold of her first starring role by the scruff of its neck […]

Mar, 25 · in Uncategorized

Unsane ** (2018, Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving, Polly McKie, Juno Temple, Sarah Stiles, Matt Damon) – Movie Review

Stockport-born Claire Foy stars as Boston woman Sawyer Valentini, who has relocated 400 miles away to get away from mom (Amy Irving) and start a new job, but is apparently falling to pieces. Maybe she has […]

Mar, 24 · in Uncategorized

The Traveling Executioner [The Travelling Executioner] ** (1970, Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, Bud Cort) – Classic Movie Review 6850

Producer-director Jack Smight’s 1970 thriller stars Stacy Keach, who brings a little distinction to this weird, macabre entertainment about ex-carny Jonas Candide (Keach), an operator of a portable electric chair in 1918. Marianna Hill co-stars […]

Mar, 24

Illicit ** (1931, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Joan Blondell, Charles Butterworth, James Rennie, Natalie Moorhead) – Classic Movie Review 6849

Director Archie Mayo’s 1931 pre-Code romantic drama stars Barbara Stanwyck as Anne Vincent, a young woman with advanced ideas, who walks out on her blueblood husband Dick Ives (James Rennie) when he strays after they have […]

Mar, 24

The Illustrated Man ** (1969, Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas) – Classic Movie Review 6848

As 1930s psychotic drifter Carl, Rod Steiger is tattooed from neck to foot for director Jack Smight’s offbeat and fascinating 1969 film from a book by Ray Bradbury. Each of his tattoos tells a disturbing […]

Mar, 24

Rough Magic ** (1995, Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent) – Classic Movie Review 6847

Co-writer/ director Clare Peploe’s odd 1995 comedy film reworking of a vintage 1944 thriller novel by expert James Hadley Chase called Miss Shumway Waves a Wand is an extremely well crafted, interesting movie but a bit of […]

Mar, 24

Pacific Rim: Uprising * (2018, John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny) – Movie Review

Five years on from Pacific Rim (2013), they have ditched all the things that made the first film pretty good, including the stars and the director, and have replaced them with moderate or mediocre stuff. Pacific Rim: […]

Mar, 23

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