Derek Winnert

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Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] * (1963, Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Sabine Sinjen, Claude Rich) – Classic Movie Review 12,303

Director Georges Lautner’s 1963 French crime comedy film Les Tontons Flingueurs [Crooks in Clover] is exceptionally slack and lame, a waste of talent and a bit of a waste of time. The pathetic lowbrow slapstick […]

Sep, 11

I, the Jury *** (1982, Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King, Geoffrey Lewis, Paul Sorvino) – Classic Movie Review 11,397

The 1982 neo-noir crime thriller remake I, the Jury stars Armand Assante as mean, moody, morose gumshoe Mike Hammer. Director Richard T Heffron’s effective and exciting 1982 American neo-noir crime thriller remake I, The Jury […]

Jul, 17

A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] **** (1988, Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) – Classic Movie Review 8443

Filmed in autumnal hues, with unsettling camera shots and jump cuts to disturbing images, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s thought-provoking 1988 crime drama A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] is the deeply troubling […]

May, 07

Safe in Hell **** (1931, Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralf Harolde, Nina Mae McKinney, Charles Middleton, Clarence Muse) – Classic Movie Review 6,835

Warner Bros’ fascinating and provocative 1931 crime drama film Safe in Hell stars Dorothy Mackaill as Gilda Karlson, a New Orleans hooker who flees to a Caribbean island after apparently killing Piet Van Saal (Ralf […]

Mar, 20

Count the Hours *** (1953, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran) – Classic Movie Review 5250

Macdonald Carey stars as a lawyer who battles to release migrant worker ranch hand George Braden (John Craven) from Death Row in director Don Siegel’s neat little 1953 suspense thriller support feature, running just 74 […]

Apr, 04

The Phantom Speaks *** (1945, Richard Arlen, Stanley Ridges, Lynne Roberts, Tom Powers, Charlotte Wynters, Jonathan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 5101

Director John English’s neat and nifty little 1945 horror thriller stars Richard Arlen, Stanley Ridges and Lynne Roberts, who make a grand job of John K Butler’s original screenplay in which the evil spirit of an executed […]

Mar, 04

See No Evil, Hear No Evil ** (1989, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance) – Classic Movie Review 4826

The brilliantly talented funnymen movie star partners Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are re-teamed for director Arthur Hiller’s wacky 1989 comedy thriller about a deaf man, Dave (Wilder), and a blind man, Wally (Pryor), who […]

Dec, 30

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