Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "whodunit"

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Kill or Cure * (1962, Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 11,142

Director George Pollock’s 1962 black and white film Kill or Cure stars Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes as the seedy private investigator Captain Jeroboam ‘Jerry’ Barker-Rynde, PI and his crime-solving assistant Rumbelow. It has two superb […]

Apr, 27

Knives Out ** (2019 Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Christopher Plummer) – Movie Review

Sorry, it’s Knives Out here. Writer-director Rian Johnson’s Agatha Christie spoof Knives Out is long (130 minutes), slow, draggy, stale and not much fun at all. The performances are uniformly arch and overstated. Daniel Craig […]

Dec, 02

Clue ** (1985, Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Mull) – Classic Movie Review 7445

Director Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 black-comedy movie  Clue is surely the first film to be based on a board game, which of course means trouble ahead as there is no story to base the movie on, […]

Aug, 15

Madhouse *** (1974, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden, Barry Dennen) – Classic Movie Review 6592

Director Jim Clark’s larky 1974 Amicus Pictures horror picture and murder whodunit Madhouse has three top horror stars of the era in Vincent Price as the flamboyant Paul Toombes, Peter Cushing as the cool Herbert […]

Jan, 22

The Girl in Black Stockings *** (1957, Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren) – Classic Movie Review 5217

Director Howard W Koch’s entertaining 1957 thriller stars a fine line-up in Anne Bancroft, Lex Barker, John Dehner, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor, Mamie Van Doren and John Holland, and makes ideal late-night film noir viewing. […]

Mar, 29

Murder! **** (1930, Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander, Donald Calthrop, Marie Wright, Esmé Percy) – Classic Movie Review 861

The 1930 British thriller film Murder! is a rare whodunit from Alfred Hitchcock, who experiments with a daring psycho-sexual theme and improvised dialogue, with actors talking while a 30-piece orchestra played live on the set. […]

Mar, 02

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