Derek Winnert

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Thunder Road *** (1958, Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Jacques Aubuchon, James Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 7646

Director Arthur Ripley’s 1958 Thunder Road stars Robert Mitchum as Lucas Doolin, the definitive moonshine merchant, in this well-done, exciting and eventful film noir crime action thriller about bootlegging Kentucky mountain family folk dodging cops […]

Oct, 08

White Lightning *** (1973, Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Matt Clark, Bo Hopkins, Louise Latham, Diane Ladd) – Classic Movie Review 7570

Director Joseph Sargent’s 1973 movie White Lightning is a good vehicle for Burt Reynolds, who plays convict Gator McKlusky, who is released from jail to help the Feds to chase sadistic lawman Sheriff J C Connors […]

Sep, 13

Desire in the Dust ** (1960, Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer, Joan Bennett, Ken Scott, Brett Halsey) – Classic Movie Review 7146

Raymond Burr stars in director William F Claxton’s 1960 Deep South film noir crime melodrama as wealthy Southerner, Colonel Ben Marquand, who greets ex-convict Lonnie Wilson (Ken Scott) after he has served six years in […]

Jun, 10

The Skeleton Key ** (2005, Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, John Hurt, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Joy Bryant ) – Classic Movie Review 4283

Kate Hudson stars in the 2005 horror movie The Skeleton Key as Caroline Ellis, who takes a job as live-in carer at the Louisiana plantation house of elderly Violet Devereaux (Gena Rowlands), looking after her […]

Sep, 01

Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte ***** (1964, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Mary Astor, Victor Buono, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy) – Classic Movie Review 737

The 1964 follow-up movie Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte is less iconic but perhaps an even smarter mystery horror thriller film, with Bette Davis returning triumphantly from What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?  Director Robert Aldrich’s […]

Jan, 23

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