Derek Winnert

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The Docks of New York **** (1928, George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook, Mitchell Lewis, Gustav von Seyffertitz) – Classic Movie Review 11,778

The attractively lurid 1928 American drama The Docks of New York is probably Josef von Sternberg’s finest silent film, mainly because of his obvious joy in deploying his complete technical mastery of the medium. The […]

Dec, 09

Cannery Row *** (1982, Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley) – Classic Movie Review 10,491

Writer-director David S Ward’s 1982 drama Cannery Row stars Nick Nolte and Debra Winger as baseball player turned marine biologist Doc and feisty floozy Suzy DeSoto. The movie is set in the 1940s, in Cannery […]

Nov, 02

Souls at Sea **** (1937, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Frances Dee) – Classic Movie Review 9182

‘Men Against The Sea! Stark Drama No Fiction Can Equal!’ Producer-director Henry Hathaway’s 1937 Souls at Sea is a popular Gary Cooper high seas action adventure about the American navy battling slave traders in the […]

Dec, 22

Barbary Coast **** (1935, Miriam Hopkins, Edward G Robinson, Joel McCrea, Frank Craven, Brian Donlevy, Donald Meek, Harry Carey Sr) – Classic Movie Review 8898

‘Gold. Out of California in 1849 came the cry that lured the adventurous from the four corners of the Earth. Over the Rockies in covered wagons they came, and around the Horn in square-rigged ships.’ […]

Sep, 11

The Fatal Hour ** (1940, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 5605

In the sequel to Mr Wong in Chinatown (1939), The Fatal Hour is the well-plotted and intriguing fourth of the six-film Mr Wong crime thriller series. Boris Karloff again stars as Chinese sleuth James Lee Wong, […]

Jun, 14

Romeo Must Die *** (2000, Jet Li, Aaliyah, Isaiah Washington) – Classic Movie Review 2204

Director Andrjez Bartkowiak’s 2000 action thriller focuses on the Romeo and Juliet plot as two rival Asian and African American families on the US West Coast are locked in a fierce turf battle vying for […]

Feb, 23

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