Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "double life"

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Passion of Mind ** (2000, Demi Moore, Eloise Eonnet, Joss Ackland, William Fichtner, Sinéad Cusack, Peter Riegert, Stellan Skarsgård, Julianne Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 10,820

Joss Ackland recalled: ”Then there was Passion of Mind in 2000 with Demi Moore. Terrible script. Awful, actually. But I needed the money.’ And he called Moore ‘alright, but not very bright or talented’. Director […]

Jan, 22

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me ** (1992, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Mädchen Amick, David Bowie, Miguel Ferrer, Peggy Lipton) – Classic Movie Review 8460

David Lynch’s smart if baffling cinematic prequel to his legendary TV series Twin Peaks (1990) shows the last week in the life of the murdered Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) and her friend (Moira Kelly). It is […]

May, 12

Romeo Is Bleeding ** (1993, Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider) – Classic Movie Review 8016

Director Peter Medak’s 1993 British crime thriller Romeo Is Bleeding is another incredibly nasty Nineties tale of indulgence and excess, in which Gary Oldman stars as Detective Jack Grimaldi, a New York cop assigned to watch violent […]

Jan, 15

Love at Large *** (1990, Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw, Annette O’Toole, Ted Levine, Neil Young, Ruby Dee) – Classic Movie Review 8007

Writer-director Alan Rudolph tackles the film noir with much style and considerable success in his 1990 up-market thriller Love at Large. Tom Berenger plays hard-boiled down-and-out private detective Harry Dobbs, hired by vampish femme fatale Miss […]

Jan, 13

Les Belles de Nuit [Beauties of the Night] *** (1952, Gérard Philipe, Martine Carol, Gina Lollobrigida) – Classic Movie Review 5711

The dashingly handsome but poor young piano instructor/ composer Claude (Gérard Philipe) takes refuge in transferring memories of the women he meets into reveries of close encounters with gorgeous ladies in historical settings in writer-director […]

Jul, 04

The Ape ** (1940, Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O’Donnell) – Classic Movie Review 5611

‘These cold eyes have watched a thousand men die screaming!’ Director William Nigh’s 1940 Monogram Pictures poverty row horror thriller stars Boris Karloff once again as a mad doctor, Dr Bernard Adrian, who kills an ape […]

Jun, 15

Crimes of Passion [China Blue] *** (1984, Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, John Laughlin, Annie Potts, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 5449

Director Ken Russell pulls off a precarious tightrope trick over the pit of bad taste thanks to his unique pictorial style and the audacity of his actors’ performances in his 1984 thriller. Kathleen Turner stars […]

May, 14

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