Derek Winnert

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The Accountant ***½ (2016, Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal) – Movie Review

Director Gavin O’Connor’s 2016 crime action drama is distinctly odd and a bit patchy, but it is definitely intriguing, interesting and entertaining overall. Ben Affleck stars in a grim, literally monotonous performance as The Accountant – […]

Nov, 04

Shaft **** (1971, Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St John, Lawrence Pressman) – Classic Movie Review 4,586

Richard Roundtree heads a mostly African-American cast in a sterling, iconic performance as the cool, hip private detective John Shaft, in the culturally and historically significant 1971 American blaxploitation crime action thriller film Shaft.   […]

Nov, 03

The St Valentine’s Day Massacre **** (1967, Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker) – Classic Movie Review 3,896

Jason Robards stars as the notorious mobster Al Capone, and Ralph Meeker plays his deadly rival ‘Bugs’ Moran, in Roger Corman’s modish 1967 cult gangster movie The St Valentine’s Day Massacre. Producer-director Roger Corman’s modish 1967 cult […]

Jun, 20

The Intruder [The Stranger] **** (1962, William Shatner, Frank Maxwell, Beverly Lunsford) – Classic Movie Review 3777

Producer-director Roger Corman’s provocative and harrowing 1962 drama stars William Shatner as white-suited fervent habitual racist Adam Cramer, who comes into Southern American towns inciting racism and revolt over enforced school integration. But, as violence escalates, a […]

May, 28

Underworld USA **** (1961, Cliff Robertson, Dolores Dorn, Beatrice Kay, Larry Gates, Robert Emhardt, Paul Dubov, Richard Rust) – Classic Movie Review 3656

‘The Facts… The Faces… The Film That Cracks America’s Organized Crime Syndicate Wide Open!’ Writer-producer-director Samuel Fuller’s tough, hard-hitting 1961 neo-noir revenge crime drama thriller Underworld USA is lifted way out of the rut by […]

May, 04

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

Sister Act **** (1992, Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Harvey Keitel, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, Bill Nunn) – Classic Movie Review 3557

Director Emile Ardolino’s 1992 blockbuster comedy Sister Act stars Whoopi Goldberg as Las Vegas showgirl Deloris, who sees her mobster lover Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel) kill a stoolie and becomes a nun on the run […]

Apr, 12

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