Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "private investigator"

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Good Neighbor Sam *** (1964, Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider, Dorothy Provine, Senta Berger, Edward G Robinson) – Classic Movie Review 6231

Co-writer/ producer/ director David Swift’s 1964 comedy gives Jack Lemmon an archetypal role – a fussy married adman who pretends to be the new husband of his divorced neighbour (Romy Schneider) so that she can inherit […]

Nov, 11

Lord of Illusions ** (1995, Scott Bakula, Famke Janssen, Kevin J O’Connor, Daniel von Bargen, Joseph Latimore) – Classic Movie Review 6118

This grisly, mediocre 1995 horror chiller is in the interesting category but must be considered a disappointment from cult horror writer-director Clive Barker. Famke Janssen stars as Dorothea who pays New York gumshoe Harry D’Amour […]

Oct, 20

Quicksand: No Escape *** (1992, Donald Sutherland, Tim Matheson, Jay Acovone, Felicity Huffman) – Classic Movie Review 5336

The always-admirable Donald Sutherland grabs an ideal opportunity to show his worth as a corrupt private eye in director Michael Pressman’s tense, clever 1992 offbeat thriller. Sutherland’s character Murdoch gets into blackmail after he is […]

Apr, 23

Omen IV: The Awakening * (1991, Faye Grant, Michael Woods, Michael Lerner) Classic Movie Review 4077

Directors Jorge Montesi and Dominique Othenin-Girard’s 1991 Omen IV: The Awakening proves a dismal attempt to re-awaken and re-animate a long-dead saga with a ludicrous script by Brian Taggert, inept acting and clumsy direction. It […]

Jul, 24

8MM [Eight Millimeter] *** (1999, Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 3091

Director Joel Schumacher’s 1999 thriller stars Nicolas Cage as Tom Welles, a surveillance specialist with a modest home-based business. Welles is called in by a rich old lady and her lawyer Daniel Longdale (Anthony Heald) […]

Nov, 25

Lethal Weapon 4 *** (1998, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li) – Classic Movie Review 2,658

Gibson and Danny Glover return as rogue LAPD cops Riggs and Murtaugh, and reunite with Joe Pesci and Rene Russo for Richard Donner’s 1998 film Lethal Weapon 4, the fourth rumbustious buddy action thriller about […]

Jul, 02

Stolen Kisses [Baisers Volés] **** (1968, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claude Jade, Delphine Seyrig, Michel Lonsdale) – Classic Movie Review 2587

Co-writer/director François Truffaut’s 1968 Baisers Volés (Stolen Kisses) is the very welcome third episode in Truffaut’s Antoine Doinel series. The 25-year-old Jean-Pierre Léaud back again as Truffaut’s alter ego in the further adventures of the […]

Jun, 12

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