Derek Winnert

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The Big Combo **** (1955, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace) – Classic Movie Review 2,569

Joseph H Lewis’s classic 1955 B-movie film noir thriller The Big Combo is ultra-tough for its day. It pushed a few boundaries and got into censorship problems with its slant on a regulation tale about […]

Jun, 07

Forbidden Planet ***** (1956, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 2,555

MGM’s landmark 1956 Forbidden Planet one of the all-time great sci-fi films, looking thrilling in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson and Earl […]

Jun, 04

The Exorcist III ***½ (1990, George C Scott, Ed Flanders, Brad Dourif, Nicol Williamson, Jason Miller) – Classic Movie Review 2524

Oscar-winning writer William Peter Blatty’s belated 1990 sequel (as both writer and director this time) to his 1973 blockbuster The Exorcist is advertised as ‘from the creator of the original Exorcist’. That’s to distance itself […]

May, 26

Cat People ***** (1942, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Jack Holt) – Classic Movie Review 2463

‘She knew strange, fierce pleasures that no other woman could ever feel!’ and ‘ The strangest story you ever tried to get out of your dreams!’ screamed the posters. Director Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 cult horror classic […]

May, 08

Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer *** (1986, Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles) – Classic Movie Review 2091

Co-writer/director John McNaughton’s 1990 psychological crime drama is a horrifying true story case study, loosely based on the real life story of yet another American psycho, serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his random killing spree. […]

Jan, 19

I Heart Huckabees *** (2004, Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Isabelle Huppert, Mark Wahlberg) – Classic Movie Review 1,661

David O Russell’s clever and imaginative 2004 existential comedy I Heart Huckabees stars Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin as detectives hired to investigate the meaning of the life of clients Jude Law, Jason Schwartzman, Mark Wahlberg and Naomi Watts.  Jason Schwartzman […]

Sep, 11

Dawn of the Dead **** (1978, David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H Reiniger, Gaylen Ross) – Classic Movie Review 1472

Writer-director George Romero’s outstanding 1978 zombie horror movie follows four urban commandos holed up in a shopping mall in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, which is under attack from large groups of flesh-eating zombies caused by a plague […]

Jul, 25

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