Derek Winnert

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Out for a Kill * (2003, Steven Seagal, Michelle Goh, Corey Johnson, Tom Wu) – Classic Movie Review 8859

Director Michael Oblowitz’s 2003 revenge, payback action crime adventure Out for a Kill stars ageing action-man Steven Seagal in what seems like an unusual role for him as a college archaeology professor called Robert Burns, […]

Aug, 23

Sweeney! **** (1977, John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Barry Foster, Ian Bannen, Colin Welland, Michael Coles, Joe Melia, Diane Keen) – Classic Movie Review 8,743

Detectives in London’s Metropolitan Police Flying Squad find political dirty deeds are behind a suicide, in the 1977 British movie Sweeney!, a successful spin-off from the John Thaw and Dennis Waterman TV show. Detectives in […]

Jul, 22

Riding Shotgun *** (1954, Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon) – Classic Movie Review 6600

Director André de Toth’s solid and sturdy enough run-of-the-range 1954 Western is based on the 1942 short story Riding Solo by Kenneth Taylor Perkins, and stars Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris and Joan Weldon. Scott plays Larry […]

Jan, 25

Paddington 2 *** (2017, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, voice of Ben Whishaw) – Movie Review

Paddington 2 plods pleasantly along in its likeably retro sort of way, with most of it very pleasing and enjoyable. The nice and warm script is OK, though the strain shows a bit this time, […]

Oct, 28

Undertow *** (1949, Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Peggy Dow, Bruce Bennett, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 4962

William Castle’s 1949 B-movie gangland tale Undertow is good, sturdy film noir crime thriller starring Scott Brady, John Russell, Dorothy Hart and Peggy Dow. Rock Hudson has a small role as a detective. ‘Every bullet […]

Jan, 29

The Falcon Strikes Back **½ (1943, Tom Conway, Harriet Hilliard, Jane Randolph, Edgar Kennedy, Cliff Edwards, Rita Corday, Wynne Gibson, Cliff Clark, Edward Gargan) – Classic Movie Review 3216

Michael Arlen’s débonair detective Tom Lawrence aka The Falcon (Tom Conway) investigates when he’s framed for a banker’s killing in this 1943 slightly above par-for-the-course entry for the Falcon series, which began in 1941 with The […]

Jan, 02

The Devil-Doll **** (1936, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O’Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Henry B Walthall, Arthur Hohl) – Classic Movie Review 3119

Director Tod Browning’s vintage 1936 sci-fi horror classic stars Lionel Barrymore as Paul Lavond, a respected banker in Paris framed for robbery and murder by crooked associates and sent to Devil’s Island. He finally escapes […]

Dec, 02

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