Derek Winnert

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Crimetime * (1996, Stephen Baldwin, Pete Postlethwaite, Sadie Frost) – Classic Movie Review 5876

Stephen Baldwin stars as a much-resting young actor who develops a growing empathy with a supposed real-life serial killer (Pete Postlethwaite) he takes a job portraying on a TV show that re-creates the killer’s crimes. […]

Aug, 08

Psycho III ** (1986, Anthony Perkins, Diana Scarwid, Jeff Fahey) – Classic Movie Review 5863

Anthony Perkins grabs his chance to direct, as well as star in, this 1986 Psycho second sequel, the reward for agreeing to his third appearance as Norman Bates. The 1983 first sequel Psycho II is a […]

Aug, 06

Shadows and Fog ** (1991, Woody Allen, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster, Lily Tomlin, Donald Pleasence, Madonna, Fred Gwynne, Julie Kavner, John Malkovich) – Classic Movie Review 5755

Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s 1991 movie pastiches the 1920s melodrama, complete with black and white and chiaroscuro effects, and a tale of a Jack the Ripper-style murderer on the loose in the shadows and fog. It […]

Jul, 14

Dick Tracy **½ (1945, Morgan Conway, Mike Mazurki, Anne Jeffreys, Jane Greer) – Classic Movie Review 5,593

Morgan Conway stars as police detective Dick Tracy, who pursues maniacal murderer Splitface (Mike Mazurki), a lunatic embarked on a campaign of gruesome deaths, in RKO’s 1945 crime thriller film Dick Tracy. Director William A […]

Jun, 12

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? [Too Many Chefs] *** (1978, George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 5559

Director Ted Kotcheff’s zesty 1978 thriller is a pretty tasty, dark-flavoured soufflé, with George Segal as Robby, an American fast-food owner in London who chases his ex-wife Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset), a handy lady at dessert […]

Jun, 07

The Young Poisoner’s Handbook **** (1995, Hugh O’Conor, Antony Sher, Ruth Sheen, Roger Lloyd Pack, Charlotte Coleman, Tobias Arnold, Frank Mills) – Classic Movie Review 5542

Hugh O’Conor gets his first starring role with co-writer/ director Benjamin Ross’s dark and provocative British crime comedy drama, in which he plays intelligent but amoral British teenager Graham Young, an amateur toxicologist unwisely paroled from […]

Jun, 03

Pièges [Personal Column] **** (1939, Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir, Marie Déa, Erich von Stroheim) – Classic Movie Review 5517

Hollywood director Robert Siodmak’s 1939 last French film is a striking romantic thriller starring Maurice Chevalier as Robert Fleury, a charming singing nightclub owner but prime suspect in a serial murder case. Someone is bumping […]

May, 29

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