Derek Winnert

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Baby on Board * (1992, Judge Reinhold, Carol Kane, Geza Kovacs, Alex Stapley, Holly Stapley) – Classic Movie Review 10,655

‘The cabbie, the mob and another little lady!’ Director Francis A Schaeffer’s 1992 slapstick comedy Baby on Board stars Judge Reinhold, who plays a New York City cabbie called Ernie, embroiled with gangster’s widow Maria […]

Dec, 12

Paradise Alley *** (1978, Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Kevin Conway, Anne Archer, Joe Spinell, Tom Waits) – Classic Movie Review 10,646

The 1978 drama Paradise Alley in a naïve but agreeable yarn, written and directed by Sylvester Stallone with energy in his feature film directorial debut, about three Italian-American brothers in the 1940s who try to […]

Dec, 10

The Brother from Another Planet *** (1984, Joe Morton, Daryl Edwards, Rosanna Carter) – Classic Movie Review 10,396

Writer-director John Sayles’s entertaining, satirical 1984 sci-fi comedy The Brother from Another Planet is about a mute alien extra-terrestrial brother (Joe Morton) from another planet who arrives in Harlem, where he impresses the community and […]

Oct, 09

The Warriors **** (1979, Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 10,377

Director Walter Hill’s fast-moving and effective but worrying 1979 exploitation crime action thriller The Warriors stars Michael Beck and James Remar in a story about a New York City gang under attack while journeying across […]

Oct, 02

Two Girls on Broadway [Choose Your Partner] ** (1940, Lana Turner, Joan Blondell, George Murphy, Kent Taylor) – Classic Movie Review 10,335

Director S Sylvan Simon’s 1940 MGM musical Two Girls on Broadway [Choose Your Partner] stars Lana Turner, Joan Blondell and George Murphy, along with Kent Taylor. It is a remake of The Broadway Melody (1929). […]

Sep, 22

A Hatful of Rain *** (1957, Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, Anthony Franciosa) – Classic Movie Review 10,223

Hollywood takes a deep breath and tackles the drug-addiction problem in director Fred Zinnemann’s affecting, intelligent 1957 film A Hatful of Rain, with Don Murray expertly tugging at the emotions as Johnny Pope, a young […]

Aug, 25

Down Three Dark Streets *** (1954, Broderick Crawford, Ruth Roman, Martha Hyer) – Classic Movie Review 10,186

Broderick Crawford plays the talented FBI man Mr Ripley, who takes over investigating three cases, in the 1954 black and white film noir crime drama Down Three Dark Streets.  Director Arnold Laven’s 1954 black and […]

Aug, 16

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