Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "ex-con"

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No Way Home *** (1996, Tim Roth, Deborah Kara Unger, James Russo) – Classic Movie Review 3603

Tim Roth, then in 1996 carving out an American career of note, impresses as an ex-con who return to live with his lowlife older brother (James Russo) and wife (Deborah Kara Unger). Roth and Unger […]

Apr, 23

Scarecrow **** (1973, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Eileen Brennan, Ann Wedgeworth) – Classic Movie Review 3484

Time has been kind to this almost forgotten gem of 50 years ago. Jerry Schatzberg’s 1973 drama film Scarecrow stars Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, who light sparks as drifters who meet up and form an […]

Mar, 19

Black Dog ** (1998, Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf) – Classic Movie Review 2298

Director Kevin Hooks’s 1998 movie stars Patrick Swayze, who goes for a modest comeback in a very basic, threadbare B-movie thriller about a down-on-his-luck ex-con trucker called Jack Crews. He takes a job driving a truck […]

Mar, 22

You Only Live Once ***** (1937, Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, William Gargan, Barton MacLane) – Classic Movie Review 2176

Fritz Lang’s splendid 1937 film noir crime melodrama thriller You Only Live Once is one of his best, most distinguished movies. It stars Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney and is set in Depression-hit America. Director […]

Feb, 14

The Yards **** (2000, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan) – Classic Movie Review 1429

Mark Wahlberg stars as ex-con Leo Handler who is freed from jail and finds himself drawn into the business of renovating New York’s subway cars by his aunt Kitty Olchin (Faye Dunaway)’s new husband, Frank […]

Jul, 14

Cold Creek Manor * (2003, Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart) – Bad Movie 5

Bickering middle-aged married couple Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone quit the Manhattan rat race and buy a creaky old manor house in nice upstate New York, relocating there with their two kids (Kristen Stewart, Ryan […]

Apr, 29

Brick Mansions **½ (2014, Paul Walker, David Belle) – Movie Review

Brick Mansions is dedicated ‘In loving memory of Paul Walker’ before the end credits. That’s cause for lots of tears and heartache among his zillions of fans. It would be great to report that this, his […]

Apr, 29

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