Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "killer"

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Stranger on Horseback *** (1955, Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 10,616

Director Jacques Tourneur’s very fine 1955 American Anscocolor Western film Stranger on Horseback stars Joel McCrea, Miroslava, Kevin McCarthy, John McIntire and John Carradine. The well-honed screenplay by Herb Meadow and Don Martin is based […]

Dec, 02

The Hard Way ** (1991, Michael J Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang) – Classic Movie Review 10,212

Director John Badham ‘s contrived 1991 The Hard Way stars Michael J Fox, playing famous Hollywood action star actor Nick Lang, who joins the police to see life as it really is, and joins forces […]

Aug, 22

Inspector Maigret [Maigret tend un piège] [Maigret Sets a Trap] **** (1958, Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot, Jeanne Boitel, André Valmy, Lino Ventura, Jean Desailly) – Classic Movie Review 9543

Jean Gabin gives a tremendous performance as Georges Simenon’s famed pipe-smoking police inspector Maigret, investigating Jack the Ripper-type knife-murders of women in Paris’s seedy Montmartre. Director Jean Delannoy’s extremely satisfying, top-level 1958 French police thriller […]

Mar, 22

Someone to Watch Over Me ***** (1987, Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco) – Classic Movie Review 9,415

Ridley Scott’s nail-biting 1987 American neo-noir romantic thriller film Someone to Watch Over Me stars Tom Berenger as a New York cop assigned to protect a key murder trial witness, rich socialite Mimi Rogers. Director […]

Feb, 23

Venom * (1981, Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George) – Classic Movie Review 8846

Snakes alive! Director Piers Haggard’s 1981 film Venom features half a dozen screen legends (Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson, Sarah Miles, Sterling Hayden, Susan George) stranded in a silly horror thriller movie without any […]

Aug, 20

A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] **** (1988, Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz) – Classic Movie Review 8443

Filmed in autumnal hues, with unsettling camera shots and jump cuts to disturbing images, Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s thought-provoking 1988 crime drama A Short Film About Killing [Krótki film o zabijaniu] is the deeply troubling […]

May, 07

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter ** (1984, Erich Anderson, Judie Aronson, Peter Barton, Kimberly Beck) – Classic Movie Review 8266

Jason Voorhees escapes from the morgue, kills, returns to Camp Crystal Lake and rampages again, targeting the Jarvis family and a group of teenagers next door, in director Joseph Zito’s grim and grisly 1984 horror […]

Mar, 19

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