Derek Winnert

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The House on 92nd Street **** (1945, William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 8226

The 1945 fact-based film noir spy thriller The House on 92nd Street was made with the help of the FBI. It tells the story about the US chase after a German spy ring in Washington […]

Mar, 11

Confessions of a Nazi Spy ***½ (1939, Edward G Robinson, Francis Lederer, Paul Lukas, George Sanders, Henry O’Neill) – Classic Movie Review 8,023

Warner Brothers take on the Hun in director Anatole Litvak’s 1939 American spy political thriller film Confessions of a Nazi Spy, a timely exposé of Nazis at work in America just before the Second World […]

Jan, 16

Skyscraper ** (2018, Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Roland Møller, Pablo Schreiber, Chin Han, Noah Taylor) – Movie Review

Here, hang on a minute, Dwayne, the preposterous Skyscraper needs a reality check. It is a bit of a tall story that takes a lot of swallowing. The preposterous Skyscraper needs a reality check. Writer-director […]

Jul, 14

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House **** (2017, Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas) – Movie Review

Fascinating story, really well told. Neeson excellent. Writer-director Peter Landesman’s riveting 2017 biographical historical drama Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is a fascinating story, really well told. Landesman’s screenplay is most satisfying […]

May, 21

Bless the Child ** (2000, Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell) – Classic Movie Review 6884

Kim Basinger stars in some diabolical nonsense as the auntie of Cody, an autistic child with mysterious powers, who is abducted by a sinister cult of Satanists who believe that she holds the key to […]

Apr, 04

Betrayed *** (1988, Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard, Betsy Blair, John Mahoney, Ted Levine) – Classic Movie Review 6664

Director Constantin Costa-Gavras’s 1988 thriller-with-a-message is extremely powerful and gripping, with strong performances and important things to convey about prejudice, even if it is not always as convincing or distinguished as his masterworks Z (1969) and […]

Feb, 08

The FBI Story ***½ (1959, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Murray Hamilton) – Classic Movie Review 6,658

The 1959 thriller film The FBI Story stars James Stewart as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Chip Hardesty. The FBI controlled every move and the production had J Edgar Hoover breathing down their neck constantly. […]

Feb, 07

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