Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "New Orleans"

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No Mercy ***½ (1986, Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey) – Classic Movie Review 4392

Richard Gere stars as tough-guy maverick cop Eddie Jillette, who is out to avenge the death of his partner at the hands of nasty New Orleans gangster Losado (Jeroen Krabbé). But the American Deep South […]

Sep, 21

The Savage Bees ** (1976, Ben Johnson, Michael Parks, Horst Buchholz) – Classic Movie Review 3102

Director Bruce Geller’s 1976 horror thriller finds that the annual New Orleans Mardi Gras soon gets buzzing in a bad way when it is discovered that a cargo ship has brought in African killer bees. […]

Nov, 26

Jezebel ***** (1938, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Richard Cromwell, Donald Crisp) – Classic Movie Review 2698

Director William Wyler’s double Oscar-winning 1938 romantic drama Jezebel stars Bette Davis, who grabs one of the best chances of her glorious career by the scruff of its neck and triumphs. In many ways this is Davis […]

Jul, 14

Panic in the Streets ***** (1950, Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes, Jack Palance) – Classic Movie Review 2070

Director Elia Kazan’s thought-provoking New Orleans 1950 film noir chase thriller is sizzlingly raw and realistic. It stars Richard Widmark as a medical-health-official doctor and Paul Douglas as a world-weary police captain who lead a life-or-death […]

Jan, 11

Easy Rider ***** (1969, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Toni Basil, Phil Spector, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Robert Walker Jr) – Classic Movie Review 1738

  The 33-year-old director Dennis Hopper’s exhilarating, liberating 1969 landmark counter-culture classic Easy Rider stars himself with Peter Fonda (29) as Billy and Wyatt (nicknamed Captain America). They are a pair of bikers who ride […]

Oct, 03

A Streetcar Named Desire ***** (1951, Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden) – Classic Movie Review 974

Director Elia Kazan’s superbly realised 1951 movie version of Tennessee Williams’s greatest and most archetypal play A Streetcar Named Desire is a memorable occasion, lit up by its incandescent performances. It won four Oscars, including […]

Mar, 23

Angel Heart ***** (1987, Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling) – Classic Film Review 219

Perfectly cast as Harry R Angel, a sweaty, seedy, careworn hard-boiled 1950s New York private investigator, Mickey Rourke gives the best performance of his long and varied and variable career. His mesmerising, first-rate turn is […]

Sep, 04

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