Derek Winnert

Recent Posts

Posts Tagged "Nancy Allen"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "Nancy Allen".

Poltergeist III ** (1988, Heather O’Rourke, Tom Skerritt, Nancy Allen, Zelda Rubinstein, Lara Flynn Boyle) – Classic Movie Review 2501

Co-writer/director Gary Sherman’s 1988 third episode brings back only Heather O’Rourke and Zelda Rubinstein from the original two movies. JoBeth Williams and Craig T Nelson having bailed out of part 3, their haunted screen daughter […]

May, 19

Dressed to Kill **** (1980, Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen) – Classic Movie Review 2189

Writer-director Brian De Palma’s all-stops-out 1980 thriller stars Angie Dickinson as Kate Miller, a sexually troubled housewife who goes to psychiatrist Doctor Robert Elliott (Michael Caine) for help as one of his patients. De Palma is once […]

Feb, 18

1941 **** (1979, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams, Christopher Lee, Ned Beatty, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, Warren Oates, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 1,941

Steven Spielberg’s 1979 epic comedy film 1941 about a Japanese submarine arriving off Los Angeles, causing panic in the wake of Pearl Harbor, was a huge, unexpected flop. John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams and […]

Dec, 10

Blow Out **** (1981, John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow, Dennis Franz, John McMartin, John Aquino) – Classic Movie Review 1283

Writer-director Brian De Palma’s stupendous, stylish, artful 1981 suspense thriller stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects wizard from Philadelphia who by chance records a car crash that’s really a political shooting. While […]

Jun, 02

Out of Sight **** (1998, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1001

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 thriller is yet another highly intriguing and entertaining but not entirely great attempt at filming another of Elmore Leonard’s esteemed Florida low-life thrillers. It’s a problem that George Clooney just doesn’t […]

Mar, 27

RoboCop **** (1987, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer) – Classic Movie Review 808

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 poundingly exciting sci-fi action thriller boasts a great premise and a spectacular role and snazzy cyborg suit for Peter Weller as Alex Murphy, the futureworld Detroit cop who is blown to […]

Feb, 06

Carrie ***** (1976, Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen, John Travolta) – Classic Movie Review 302

Brian De Palma’s brilliant original 1976 horror thriller film Carrie includes an excellent role as Carrie’s puritanical mother for the perennially undervalued Piper Laurie, who was Oscar nominated as Best Supporting Actress ‘If you’ve got […]

Oct, 19

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.

© 2013 Derek Winnert. All Rights Reserved.