Derek Winnert

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Riot *** (1969, Jim Brown, Gene Hackman, Ben Carruthers, Mike Kellin) – Classic Movie Review 9113

William Castle, the showman producer of flashy chillers, despatched Gene Hackman and Jim Brown down among the real prisoners of Arizona state jail to film this non-stop, brutal action thriller, Riot (1969), in which a […]

Dec, 01

Every Day’s a Holiday **** (1937, Mae West, Edmund Lowe, Charles Butterworth, Charles Winninger, Walter Catlett, Lloyd Nolan, Herman Bing, Chester Conklin, Louis Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 7545

Director A Edward Sutherland’s 1937 comedy Every Day’s a Holiday offers an eagerly grabbed double role for Mae West as confidence trickster Peaches O’Dea, who sells New York’s Brooklyn Bridge to Fritz Krausmeyer (Herman Bing) […]

Sep, 05

Dark Blue *** (2002, Kurt Russell, Ving Rhames, Scott Speedman, Brendan Gleeson) – Classic Movie Review 2927

Kurt Russell is great as Eldon Perry, a corrupt LAPD cop in director Ron Shelton’s dark and often chilling 2003 thriller set during the racially-charged 1991 LA riots. The LAPD’s elite Special Investigations Squad is […]

Sep, 26

Last Knights ** (2015, Clive Owen, Morgan Freeman, Aksel Hennie, Cliff Curtis) – Movie Review

Clive Owen stars as a fallen warrior called Raiden, who rises against a corrupt and sadistic ruler to avenge his dishonoured master Bartok (Morgan Freeman). There follows an old-style fantasy sword-clashing adventure of loyalty, honour and […]

Apr, 15

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