Derek Winnert

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The Scarlet Claw **** (1944, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, Arthur Hohl, Gerald Hamer, Ian Wolfe, Paul Cavanagh, Kay Harding) – Classic Movie Review 1,026

Director Roy William Neill’s dastardly 1944 whodunit mystery thriller film The Scarlet Claw is the sixth and arguably the finest of Basil Rathbone’s 12 Sherlock Holmes updated films at Universal Pictures studios. Rathbone and Nigel […]

Mar, 31

The Glass House ** (2001, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård, Leelee Sobieski, Trevor Morgan, Bruce Dern, Kathy Baker, Chris Noth, Michael O’Keefe) – Classic Movie Review 1013

After her parents are killed in a car accident, orphaned teen Leelee Sobieski and her little brother Rhett (Trevor Morgan) travel to Malibu to live with Erin and Terrence Glass (Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgård), their […]

Mar, 29

The House of Fear *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Aubrey Mather, Florette Hillier) – Classic Movie Review 993

Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce’s Dr Watson are happily back on home turf again in the 1945 film The House of Fear, called in by an insurance company to solve a series of […]

Mar, 26

Random Hearts *** (1999, Harrison Ford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charles S Dutton, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 932

Producer-director Sydney Pollack’s 1999 romance focuses on the anger and grief that bring two strangers (Internal Affairs officer Harrison Ford, Congresswoman Kristin Scott Thomas) together after a plane crash that kills their respective faithless spouses […]

Mar, 18

Wag the Dog ***½ (1997, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Dennis Leary, Willie Nelson, Andrea Martin, Kirsten Dunst, William H Macy) – Classic Movie Review 926

Director Barry Levinson’s 1997 comedy drama stars Dustin Hoffman, who steals the show as a nervy, egomaniac Hollywood film producer whom White House spin doctor Robert De Niro needs to help him bale the American […]

Mar, 17

Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead **** (1995, Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd, Gabrielle Anwar, Treat Williams, Steve Buscemi, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Jack Warden, Fairuza Balk, Bill Cobbs, Don Cheadle, Willie Garson) – Classic Movie Review 904

‘They have to die , they  can die slowly or they can die fast but they have to die.’ In director Gary Fleder’s exceptionally dark, dangerous and disturbing 1995 film noir, Andy Garcia enjoys and […]

Mar, 12

In America **** (2002, Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou) – Classic Movie Review 761

Director Jim Sheridan’s 2002 Irish movie about of his early struggles in America is sometimes strained but most often a real, enchanting heart-warmer. There’s quirky charm aplenty in this tale of an Irish actor Johnny (Paddy Considine) […]

Jan, 28

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