Derek Winnert

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Boys Cry [La terra dell’abbastanza] **** (2018, Andrea Carpenzano, Matteo Olivetti, Milena Mancini, Max Tortora) – Classic Movie Review 12,495

Matteo Olivetti stars as Mirko, a dangerously impulsive Rome suburban boy involved with small-time gangsters, in the acclaimed first feature film of the D’Innocenzo brothers, the 2018 Italian crime thriller Boys Cry [La terra dell’abbastanza]. […]

May, 06

Le rouge est mis [Speaking of Murder] **** (1957, Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Lino Ventura, Annie Girardot) – Classic Movie Review 12,296

Jean Gabin stars in the 1957 French crime thriller film Le rouge est mis [Speaking of Murder] as Louis le Blond, the owner of a Paris garage that is the front for a gang of […]

Sep, 01

My Friend Irma Goes West ** (1950, John Lund, Marie Wilson, Diana Lynn, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Lloyd Corrigan) – Classic Movie Review 11,259

Director Hal Walker’s 1950 Paramount Pictures black and white comedy sequel My Friend Irma Goes West stars John Lund, Diana Lynn, Marie Wilson, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Daft orange juice stand worker duo Steve and […]

Jun, 01

Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 9,492

Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 British drama […]

Mar, 10

London Belongs to Me [Dulcimer Street] **** (1948, Richard Attenborough, Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, Stephen Murray) – Classic Movie Review 8642

Director Sidney Gilliat’s well-made, finely acted 1948 drama London Belongs To Me [Dulcimer Street] is based on the novel by Norman Collins, and stars Alastair Sim, Stephen Murray, Richard Attenborough and Fay Compton. In this […]

Jun, 26

Have a Nice Day [Hao jile] [Dashijie] **** (2017, voices of Changlong Zhu, Kai Cao, Jian Liu) – Movie Review

I have good news! Writer director Jian Liu’s dark and brutal noir animation film 2017 Have a Nice Day [Hao jile] is brilliantly smart and stylish. In his simple but complicated story set in a […]

Mar, 29

John Wick: Chapter 2 **** (2017, Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane) – Movie Review

Italian villain Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) is none too thrilled when retired ex-hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) refuses his marker to repay his debt and to make a kill for him. Santino promptly blows up his house to […]

Feb, 17

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