Derek Winnert

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Hang ’em High **** (1968, Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, James MacArthur, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson, L Q Jones, Bruce Dern, Alan Hale Jr, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3174

When Clint Eastwood returned to the US from Europe, after starring in three Sergio Leone Spaghetti Westerns, he was directed in Hang ’em High by Ted Post, who was a vital factor in making Eastwood […]

Dec, 20

The Constant Gardener **** (2005, Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston, Bill Nighy) – Classic Movie Review 3169

Ralph Fiennes stars as widower Justin Quayle, who is determined to uncover a potentially explosive secret involving the murder of his activist wife Tessa (Rachel Weisz), in director Fernando Meirelles’s excellent 2005 movie of the novel by John […]

Dec, 18

The Return of Doctor X [The Return of Dr X] ** (1939, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan) – Classic Movie Review 3,124

‘HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD…TO HAUNT THE LIVING!!!’ The intriguing 1939 horror thriller film The Return of Doctor X stars a just pre-superstardom Humphrey Bogart as the murderous bogeyman Doctor X. Bogart called it a […]

Dec, 02

Hands of the Ripper **** (1971, Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Dora Bryan, Derek Godfrey, Keith Bell) – Classic Movie Review 3109

‘The Hands of Jack the Ripper Live Again… As His Fiendish Daughter Kills Again… And Again…And Again…’ Director Peter Sasdy’s 1971 Hammer Films British chiller Hands of the Ripper stars Angharad Rees as the beautiful […]

Nov, 29

The Psychopath [Schizoid] *** (1966, Patrick Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing, Alexander Knox, Judy Huxtable, Thorley Walters) – Classic Movie Review 3106

Veteran horror director Freddie Francis whips up an effectively creepy atmosphere and a stylish look for this 1966 Amicus horror tale of a killer who leaves tiny mutilated dolls at the scene of the crime […]

Nov, 28

Torture Garden *** (1967, Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant, John Standing) – Classic Movie Review 3097

Director Freddie Francis’s 1967 Amicus chiller is the first of Robert (Psycho) Bloch’s three compendium films of four horror tales. It stars Burgess Meredith, Peter Cushing, Beverly Adams, Jack Palance, Michael Bryant and John Standing. It […]

Nov, 25

At Close Range **** (1986, Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson) – Classic Movie Review 3094

Director James Foley’s eye-catching 1986 thriller is based on the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr and his sons, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, though it is filmed in Tennessee. Written by Nicholas Kazan, it has an extremely […]

Nov, 25

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