Derek Winnert

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Intimate Relations *** (1996, Julie Walters, Rupert Graves, Matthew Walker) – Classic Movie Review 7067

Julie Walters enjoys herself hugely as Marjorie Beasley, a rapacious Fifties English seaside town landlady who fancies her new young seaman lodger Harold Guppy (Rupert Graves) and plots to seduce him and ends up sharing […]

May, 19

The Perfect Guy *** (2015, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut) – Movie Review

Director David M Rosenthal’s enjoyable dating-risks thriller boasts good characters, suspenseful situations, lots of mystery atmosphere and excellent performances, plus the required doses of violence, menace and sexuality. Sanaa Lathan stars as successful lobbyist Leah […]

Nov, 19

The Postman Always Rings Twice ***** (1946, Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter) – Classic Movie Review 744

Based on the sizzling thriller novel by James M Cain, the 1946 movie The Postman Always Rings Twice is a beloved film noir classic. Cain thought Lana Turner was the perfect choice for lethal diner […]

Jan, 25

The Maltese Falcon ***** (1941, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 722

John Huston’s 1941 classic The Maltese Falcon is a movie masterpiece of film noir, lovingly derived from Dashiell Hammett’s renowned detective thriller novel. Humphrey Bogart relishes one of his most iconic roles as the gumshoe […]

Jan, 19

A Kiss Before Dying **** (1956, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, George Macready, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 284

Robert Wagner gives a career best performance in the brilliantly simmering 1956 colour film noir thriller A Kiss Before Dying, the original film version of Ira Levin’s famous mystery thriller novel. Director Gerd Oswald’s little-known […]

Oct, 12

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