Derek Winnert

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Mysterious Intruder ***½ (1946, Richard Dix, Barton MacLane, Nina Vale) – Classic Movie Review 13,233

Richard Dix is fine as the tough-nosed private detective Don Gale, who investigates the disappearance of a wealthy young girl, in William Castle’s 1946 film noir Mysterious Intruder, the well-made fifth Whistler film. ‘He had […]

Nov, 10

In the Mouth of Madness **½ (1994, Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner, Charlton Heston) – Classic Movie Review 12,026

Director John Carpenter’s 1994 American supernatural horror film In the Mouth of Madness is written by Michael De Luca, and stars Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner and Charlton Heston. Sam Neill stars as insurance investigator John Trent, who visits […]

Mar, 26

The Lady Vanishes (1979, Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael) – Classic Movie Review 9614

Wit, suspense and fun also vanish in director Anthony Page’s appalling 1979 remake of the 1938 Alfred Hitchcock classic The Lady Vanishes, with a very bad performance from miscast American star Cybill Shepherd, as a travelling […]

Apr, 08

The Vanishing **** (1988, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege) – Classic Movie Review 8991

Director George Sluizer’s terrifying 1988 Dutch mystery horror psycho thriller The Vanishing [Spoorloos], based on Tim Krabbé’s novel The Golden Egg with a screenplay by the author, is highly disturbing, even uniquely disturbing, but with […]

Oct, 17

The Bliss of Mrs Blossom ** (1968, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth) – Classic Movie Review 8816

Director Joseph McGrath’s daft, Swinging Sixties 1968 British crazy sex comedy The Bliss of Mrs Blossom stars Shirley MacLaine as Mrs Harriet Blossom, the blissful wife of a brassiere maker Robert Blossom (Richard Attenborough), keeping […]

Aug, 10

The Disappearance of Finbar *** (1996, Luke Griffin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sean Lawlor) – Classic Movie Review 8764

Co-writer/ director Sue Clayton’s 1996 drama The Disappearance of Finbar stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers in his first leading role as young Irishman Finbar Flynn, who vanishes, upsetting his friends. When he resurfaces in Sweden years […]

Jul, 27

The Disappearance *** (1977, Donald Sutherland, Francine Racette, David Hemmings, Christopher Plummer, John Hurt, David Warner, Peter Bowles, Virginia McKenna ) – Classic Movie Review 8160

Director Stuart Cooper’s 1977 Canadian neo noir thriller The Disappearance is a sleekly made and intriguing upmarket mystery, based on Derek Marlowe’s novel Echoes of Celandine, starring Donald Sutherland as a contract killer called Jay […]

Feb, 21

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