Derek Winnert

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The Lodger **** (1944, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke, Sara Allgood) – Classic Movie Review 2639

Director John Brahm’s thrilling 1944 American Victorian melodrama horror film The Lodger provides a wonderful role for Laird Cregar, who is superb as Mr Slade, the mysterious stranger who finds lodgings in London’s Whitechapel district […]

Jun, 25

Monsieur Verdoux **** (1947, Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, William Frawley, Marilyn Nash, Mady Correll) – Classic Movie Review 2409

Orson Welles approached Charles Chaplin with the idea of Chaplin starring in a film based on the celebrated French murderer, Bluebeard Henri Landru. Chaplin dropped out of Welles’s project but soon thought the story would […]

Apr, 19

The Watcher *** (2000, Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Marisa Tomei) – Classic Movie Review 1598

Director Joe Charbanic’s 2000 mystery crime thriller The Watcher stars Keanu Reeves, who this time takes a showy but nasty role as a serial killer called David Allen Griffin. He is a meticulous murderer, each […]

Aug, 28

Bride of Chucky *** (1998, Jennifer Tilly, Alexis Arquette, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, John Ritte, Kathy Najimy, voice Brad Dourif)) – Classic Movie Review 1182

Director Ronny Wu’s 1998 horror movie Bride of Chucky raised more than a few eyebrows in what is Child’s Play 4 in all but name. But Jennifer Tilly gives an infectiously game and entertaining performance as […]

May, 06

Kiss the Girls *** (1997, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Bill Nunn, Jeremy Piven, Brian Cox, Mena Suvari, Roma Maffia) – Classic Movie Review 889

The compelling 1997 thriller film Kiss the Girls stars Morgan Freeman as detective Alex Cross, who desperately follows the case in North Carolina of the abduction of his niece. Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes and Brian […]

Mar, 09

Identity **** (2003, John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Rebecca De Mornay, Alfred Molina, Pruitt Taylor Vince) – Classic Movie Review 775

Ex-cop and now driver Ed (John Cusack), tough cop Rhodes (Ray Liotta), escort Paris (Amanda Peet) and bitchy movie star Caroline Suzanne (Rebecca De Mornay) are among ten strangers, stranded in a rainstorm at an […]

Jan, 30

Peeping Tom **** (1960, Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley) – Classic Movie Review 605

Director Michael Powell’s 1960 colour British psychological horror-thriller shocker Peeping Tom is an eye-opening insider’s look at voyeurism and the mechanics of the film-making process, disguised as a lurid psychological thriller. This nightmarishly disturbing horror movie is […]

Dec, 31

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