Derek Winnert

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Tension **** (1949, Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad) – Classic Movie Review 2,391

MGM’s gripping, moody 1949 film noir crime thriller Tension stars Richard Basehart as a timid pharmaceutical expert who plots to assume a fake identity and kill the boyfriend of his brassy, faithless wife (Audrey Totter). […]

Apr, 14

Julius Caesar **** (1953, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 2,383

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s fine 1953 Hollywood film of Shakespeare’s Roman play Julius Caesar assembles a grand line-up of real actors in John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern and Edmond O’Brien. Writer-director Joseph L […]

Apr, 12

The Town That Dreaded Sundown *** (2014, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Gary Cole) – Movie Review

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s masked killer movie is an effective, creepy, clever and stylish reworking and updating of an old horror favourite. It’s just a little bit different with its references to the 1976 original movie, setting it out […]

Apr, 11

My Cousin Rachel **** (1952, Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz, John Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 2368

Director Henry Koster’s romantic 1952 mystery melodrama comes from the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the author of Jamaica Inn, Rebecca and The Birds, all filmed by Alfred Hitchcock. It would have made perfect material […]

Apr, 06

La Vérité [The Truth] **** (1960, Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey) – Classic Movie Review 2,358

Released in 1960, La Vérité [The Truth] was a runaway hit in France with an incredible 5,700,000 spectators and was Brigitte Bardot’s highest grossing film. She described it as her favourite of all her films. […]

Apr, 05

Diabolique * (1996, Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 2355

Director Jeremiah S Chechik’s 1996 thriller is an awful, boring, suspense-free American remake of the 1955 classic French spine-tingler, Les Diaboliques, using that film’s American title of Diabolique. It completely wastes the ingenious story by Vertigo […]

Apr, 04

Sergeant Rutledge **** (1960, Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Constance Towers) – Classic Movie Review 2346

Director John Ford’s 1960 Western reunites him with star Jeffrey Hunter, who relishes an excellent role as Lieutenant Tom Cantrell. It is the sterling story of a US Cavalry’s hero’s fight for justice. The young […]

Apr, 03

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