Derek Winnert

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The Fourth Square *** (1961, Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry, Delphi Lawrence, Miriam Karlin, Jacqueline Jones, Anthony Newlands, Basil Dignam, Harold Kasket) – Classic Movie Review 13,316

The 1961 British second feature crime film The Fourth Square stars Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry and Delphi Lawrence, in which a solicitor and the London police compete to investigate thefts of emerald jewellery.  Director Allan […]

Dec, 18

Operation Hyacinth [Hiacynt] ***½ (2021, Tomasz Ziętek, Hubert Miłkowski, Marek Kalita) – Classic Movie Review 12,501

The disturbing and revealing 2021 Polish thriller film Operation Hyacinth [Hiacynt] stars Tomasz Ziętek as an earnest young policeman assigned a case of a serial murderer targeting homosexuals in Warsaw.  Director Piotr Domalewski’s disturbing and […]

May, 09

Doss House *** (1933, Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell, Herbert Franklyn) – Classic Movie Review 12,338

Director John Baxter’s 1933 film Doss House is a surprising British Thirties social-conscience crime thriller melodrama movie, starring Frank Cellier, Arnold Bell and Herbert Franklyn. It gains marks for its realistic doss-house background and for […]

Oct, 28

Off Beat *** (1986, Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Fred Gwynne) – Classic Movie Review 12,202

Judge Reinhold recalls Off Beat (1986) as ‘a little love story they tried to sell as a comedy. It wasn’t marketed right, but I was proud of it.’  Judge Reinhold stars as roller-skating bookworm young librarian […]

Jun, 26

The Police War [La Guerre des Polices] *** (1979, Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Marlène Jobert) – Classic Movie Review 11,577

Busy French star Claude Brasseur (son of the distinguished stage actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux) stars with Marlène Jobert (Catch Me a Spy, 1971) in writer-director Robin Davis’s carefully detailed, fitfully very involving 1979 […]

Sep, 15

Police Story [Ging chaat goo si] **** (1985, Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Brigitte Lin) – Classic Movie Review 11,351

Police Story [Ging chaat goo si] (1985): ‘From the master of action Jackie Chan comes more screen excitement than you’ve ever seen.’ Director Jackie Chan’s 1985 Hong Kong comedy crime action thriller Police Story [Ging […]

Jun, 28

Police Story 2 [Ging chaat goo si juk jaap] **** (1988, Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam) – Classic Movie Review 11,350

Jackie Chan stars in Police Story 2: ‘Dynamite is a controlled substance. There’s only two ways you can get it; legally for industrial use, or, it has to be smuggled in.’ Director Jackie Chan’s 1988 […]

Jun, 27

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