Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Catacombs [The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die] *** (1964, Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Neil McCallum, Georgina Cookson) – Classic Movie Review 13,474

Gordon Hessler’s creepy low budget 1964 British horror thriller film Catacombs [The Woman Who Wouldn’t Die] stars Gary Merrill, Jane Merrow, Neil McCallum and Georgina Cookson. Director Gordon Hessler’s creepy low budget 1964 British horror […]

Apr, 19 · in Uncategorized

Plainclothes *** (2025, Tom Blyth, Russell Tovey, Amy Forsyth, Christian Cooke, Maria Dizzia) – Classic Movie Review 13,473

A married police officer meets a married clergyman, an unusual event in unusual circumstances, in debut writer/ director Carmen Emmi’s earnest 2025 LGBTQ+ drama film Plainclothes. In New York back in the Nineties, gay trysts […]

Apr, 17 · in Reviews

The Capture *** (1950, Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory) – Classic Movie Review 13,472

‘Killing a man is one thing… Loving his wife is another… both are DYNAMITE!’ Director John Sturges’s 1950 American Western crime drama film The Capture stars Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, and Victor Jory. Lew Ayres […]

Apr, 16

The Avenging Hand ** (1936, Noah Beery Sr, Kathleen Kelly, Louis Borel) – Classic Movie Review 13,471

Noah Beery Sr stars as a Chicago gangster trying to track down crooks and solve a murder, in the 1936 British crime film thriller The Avenging Hand. Directors Frank Richardson and (uncredited) Victor Hanbury’s 1936 […]

Apr, 15

Black Robe ** (1991, Lothaire Bluteau, August Schellenberg, Aden Young, Sandrine Holt) – Classic Movie Review 13,470

Bruce Beresford’s 1991 historical drama film Black Robe stars Lothaire Bluteau as a 17th century Jesuit missionary tasked with founding a mission in New France. Director Bruce Beresford’s 1991 historical drama film Black Robe stars […]

Apr, 14

Fatherland ** (1986, Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner) – Classic Movie Review 13,469

Ken Loach’s forgotten and unloved 1986 political drama film Fatherland stars Gerulf Pannach, Fabienne Babe, Sigfrit Steiner and Cristine Rose. It is written by Trevor Griffiths and shot by Chris Menges. Director Ken Loach’s forgotten […]

Apr, 14

Fatherland ** (1994, Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan, Jean Marsh, Michael Kitchen, John Woodvine, John Shrapnel) – Classic Movie Review 13,468

The 1994 alternate history thriller film Fatherland is based on Robert Harris’s novel, and stars Rutger Hauer, Miranda Richardson, Peter Vaughan and Jean Marsh. Harris recalled: ‘My first novel Fatherland was made into a very […]

Apr, 14

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