Derek Winnert

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Confessions of an Opium Eater [Evils of Chinatown] ** (1962, Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo) – Classic Movie Review 10,112

Director Albert Zugsmith’s 1962 black and white mystery crime drama Confessions of an Opium Eater [Evils of Chinatown] stars Vincent Price, who gets to go over the top again as 19th-century adventurer Gilbert De Quincey, […]

Jul, 31

Wild Bill **** (1995, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Bruce Dern, David Arquette, Christina Applegate, Keith Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 3740

This high, wide and handsome, great big, expensive 1995 Western about gun-toting lawman Wild Bill Hickok from tough-guy writer-director Walter Hill, the maker of 48 Hrs. (1982), is a huge treat for action and Wild West fans. An ideally […]

May, 22

The Crucifer of Blood *** (1991, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 2584

All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]

Jun, 12

People I Know **** (2002, Al Pacino, Téa Leoni, Kim Basinger, Ryan O’Neal, Richard Schiff, Bill Nunn, Robert Klein, Mark Webber, Rex Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1158

Director Daniel Algrant’s 2002 film stars a just brilliant Al Pacino, who scalds the screen as Eli Wurman, a burnt-out, over-stretched Manhattan PR press agent trying to arrange a charity function, struggling with actors and the […]

Apr, 29

From Hell **** (2001, Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 222

Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this 2001 real-life Victorian melodrama suspense thriller from The Hughes Brothers Albert and Allen plays like a very loose unofficial remake of Bob Clark’s […]

Sep, 05

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