Derek Winnert

Reviews

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror *** (2023, Doug Jones) – Classic Movie Review 13,235

Doug Jones is tremendous as the vampire Count Orlok in David Lee Fisher’s astonishing-looking 2023 remake of the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu. Director David Lee Fisher’s 2023 remake of the 1922 silent classic Nosferatu, A […]

Nov, 11

Invasion USA (1985, Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, Melissa Prophet) – Classic Movie Review 13,234

Joseph Zito’s 1985 American action thriller movie Invasion USA stars Chuck Norris, Richard Lynch, and Melissa Prophet. Norris later said some sequences were ‘a little too much’. ‘No one thought it could ever happen here… […]

Nov, 11

Mysterious Intruder ***½ (1946, Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale) – Classic Movie Review 13,233

Richard Dix is fine as the tough-nosed private detective Don Gale, who investigates the disappearance of a wealthy young girl, in William Castle’s 1946 film noir Mysterious Intruder, the well-made fifth Whistler film. ‘He had […]

Nov, 10

The Bulldance [Forbidden Sun] * (1989, Lauren Hutton, Cliff De Young, Robert Beltran, Viveka Davis, Renée Estevez, Christine Harnos, Samantha Mathis, Renée Props, Svetislav Goncic) – Classic Movie Review 13,232

Lauren Hutton stars in The Bulldance, a very strange 1989 British mystery revenge thriller film directed by Zelda Barron, with a story and screenplay by Robin Hardy. Lauren Hutton stars in The Bulldance (also known […]

Nov, 10

The Bulldog Breed ** (1960, Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Ian Hunter, David Lodge, Robert Urquhart, Eddie Byrne, Peter Jones, Liz Fraser, John le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 13,231

The Rank Organisation’s 1960 British black and white farcical comedy The Bulldog Breed stars Norman Wisdom as grocer’s assistant turned gallant British naval hero Norman Puckle. Director Robert Asher’s 1960 British black and white farcical […]

Nov, 10

That Night in Varennes [La Nuit de Varennes] **** (1982, Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla, Harvey Keitel) – Classic Movie Review 13,230

The genesis of the French Revolution is seen through the eyes of various fellow travellers following the escaping King, Louis XVI (Michel Piccoli), on the road from Paris to Verdun in 1791.  Director Ettore Scola’s […]

Nov, 09

A Skeleton in the Closet [Todos tenemos un muerto en el placard o un hijo en el clóset] *** (2020, Facundo Gambandé, María Fernanda Callejón, Diego De Paula) – Classic Movie Review 13,229

The entertaining and appealing 2020 Argentine comedy drama film A Skeleton in the Closet stars Facundo Gambandé as the sensitive, gay prodigal son Manu, who returns home from his big city life for a family […]

Nov, 09

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