Derek Winnert

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Violent Cop [Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki] ***** (1989, Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa, Shirô Sano) – Classic Movie Review 6527

Takeshi Kitano’s highly promising director debut shows much of the sharp and quirky style that was to come to its acme in Sonatine (1993). Kitano’s taut and exciting 1989 Japanese film has a relentless pace that suddenly […]

Jan, 06

The Organization ** (1971, Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Sheree North, Gerald S O’Loughlin, Raul Julia, Allen Garfield, Ron O’Neal) – Classic Movie Review 6480

Director Don Medford’s 1971 routine second sequel thriller brings Sidney Poitier back for the third and last time as San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs, the upright cop from 1967’s In the Heat of the Night. […]

Dec, 28

Fresh ** (1994, Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 6363

The eponymous 12-year-old African American kid Fresh (Sean Nelson) is late for a very important date – in his New York classroom – because he has been held up in his heroin-running work for the […]

Dec, 06

Valley of the Dolls *** (1967, Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Susan Hayward, Tony Scotti, Martin Milner) – Classic Movie Review 6316

Valley of the Dolls charts the rise and fall in show business of three young hopefuls – Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins), Jennifer North (Sharon Tate) and Neely O’Hara (Patty Duke). Director Mark Robson’s high camp […]

Nov, 26

Joe ** (1970, Peter Boyle, Susan Sarandon, Patrick McDermott, Dennis Patrick, Audrey Caire) – Classic Movie Review 6162

Peter Boyle gives a remarkable performance of repellent power as Joe Curran, in director John G Avildsen’s revolting, nasty-toned 1970 right-wing tract that was a huge hit against the apparent peace-and-love mood of the times […]

Oct, 30

Bad Lieutenant ***** (1992, Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Zoe Lund, Brian McElroy, Frank Acciarito) – Classic Movie Review 6127

Co-writer/ director Abel Ferrara’s eye-opening 1992 screen-scalder stars a career best Harvey Keitel, who is astonishing in a full-frontal performance as the kind of corrupt New York City police detective who steals drugs from a […]

Oct, 23

Cisco Pike **** (1972, Kris Kristofferson, Karen Black, Gene Hackman) – Classic Movie Review 6021

Co-writer/ director Bill W L Norton’s excellent, hard-hitting 1971 thriller stars Gene Hackman as crooked LAPD narcotics agent Sergeant Leo Holland, who blackmails has-been rock star Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) into dealing $10,000 worth of […]

Sep, 13

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