Derek Winnert

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Swing Your Lady ** (1938, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh, Louise Fazenda, Penny Singleton, Nat Pendleton, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 8003

Want to see Humphrey Bogart in a musical? Bogart stars in director Ray Enright’s 1938 Swing Your Lady as wrestling promoter Ed Hatch, who comes to the Ozarks and has a money-spinning idea: pit simple-minded […]

Jan, 12

Hard Times [The Streetfighter] **** (1975, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin) – Classic Movie Review 6036

Director Walter Hill’s distinguished 1975 action movie is one of Charles Bronson’s best films. Bronson stars in a tailor-made, ideal role as the strong, silent type Chaney, a drifter turned bare-knuckle boxer slugging his way […]

Sep, 23

Shiner ** (2000, Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Frank Harper, Andy Serkis, Matthew Marsden) – Classic Movie Review 5540

Michael Caine does his usual decent job as ruthless, shady boxing promoter Shiner Simpson, who, while being investigated by the cops and staging a big fight, vows to wreak revenge on the men who murder his […]

Jun, 03

Jawbone *** (2017, Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Michael Smiley) – Movie Review

Johnny Harris stars as former junior ABA boxing champion Jimmy McCabe who hits rock bottom, in director Thomas Napper’s likeable 2017 Brit boxing drama that isn’t afraid to revisit some ancient clichés and still win on points […]

May, 12

Swamp Woman * (1941, Ann Corio, Jack La Rue, Mary Hull) – Classic Movie Review 3,980

‘She lived daringly, loved savagely’. The amusingly campy 1941 poverty row black and white thriller film Swamp Woman stars prominent burlesque striptease artist Ann Corio. Director Elmer Clifton’s 1941 black and white thriller film Swamp […]

Jul, 05

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