Derek Winnert

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Brass Target **½ (1978, Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan, Robert Vaughn) – Classic Movie Review 10,356

Director John Hough’s fanciful 1978 MGM political action thriller Brass Target, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan, re-writes history and is low on credibility rating, but there is such a pile-up […]

Sep, 28

Chicago Deadline *** (1949, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Irene Hervey, Arthur Kennedy, Gavin Muir) – Classic Movie Review 10,103

Director Lewis Allen’s 1949 crime film noir Chicago Deadline is a very decent little newspaper melodrama starring Alan Ladd as Chicago newsman Ed Adams, an ace reporter who probes the story of a woman found […]

Jul, 29

Penny Gold * (1973, James Booth, Francesca Annis, Nicky Henson, Una Stubbs, Sue Lloyd, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 9186

Director Jack Cardiff’s 1973 Penny Gold has a very friendly cast to recommend it, but it is a creaky old Seventies British thriller about a dead woman’s evil twin sister (Francesca Annis) being involved in a […]

Dec, 23

Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh ** (1995, Tony Todd, Kelly Rowan, Timothy Carhart, Veronica Cartwright) – Classic Movie Review 6117

Clive Barker’s hook-handed serial killer the Candyman (Tony Todd effectively reprising his 1992 role in Candyman) is brought back to life to scare New Orleans this time. The immortal killer goes off after a young school teacher, […]

Oct, 20

The Storm (TV, Boris Karloff, Nancy Kelly, David McLean)

The season 2, episode 18 of the anthology series Thriller was aired on TV on 22 January 1962.

Jun, 13

Rembrandt **** (1936, Charles Laughton, Gertrude Lawrence, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 4514

Producer-director Alexander Korda’s splendid 1936 historical biopic focuses on Charles Laughton’s moving depiction of an artist declining into old age and poverty – in this case the 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 […]

Oct, 23

The Cry of the Owl [Le cri du hibou] **** (1987, Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Virginie Thévenet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Agnès Denèfle) – Classic Movie Review 3549

Director Claude Chabrol’s suspenseful 1987 version of the Patricia Highsmith book is the usual civilised pleasure from him. It is properly dour, dark and brooding in the Highsmith tradition, with an ironic sense of black humour, faithful to the […]

Apr, 10

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