Derek Winnert

Jesus of Nazareth **** (1977, Robert Powell, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale, Stacy Keach, Peter Ustinov, Ian McShane, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Rod Steiger) – Classic Movie Review 6,008

Franco Zeffirelli’s distinguished 1977 British-Italian religious drama film Jesus of Nazareth finds a perfect star in Robert Powell as Jesus, in this deservedly much acclaimed and widely shown, all-star biblical epic. Director Franco Zeffirelli’s distinguished […]

Sep, 09 · in Reviews

The Vault *** (2017, James Franco, Taryn Manning, Francesca Eastwood, Scott Haze, Clifton Collins Jr, Q’orianka Kilcher) – Movie Review

While not entirely satisfactory or completely satisfying, there are many very good things about co-writer/ director Dan Bush’s edgy and tricksy 2017 horror thriller The Vault. Certainly, it is in the interesting category. When it’s a […]

Sep, 09 · in Uncategorized

Wind River **** (2017, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olson, Gil Birmingham, Graham Greene) – Movie Review

Ironically, though it was a sweaty evening at the cinema with the aircon not working, this 2017 crime drama, mystery movie is ultra-chilly in every way. Shot in snowy landscapes, it is very cold, bleak, intense and […]

Sep, 09

Stratton * (2017, Dominic Cooper, Connie Nielsen, Tyler Hoechlin, Tom Felton, Derek Jacobi) – Movie Review

There is nothing good to say about director Simon West’s espionage action thriller Stratton (2017), lamely and limply based on the book series written by Duncan Falconer. Dominic Cooper took over at the last minute from Henry Cavill as […]

Sep, 08

The Fog * (2005, Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis, Kenneth Welsh) – Classic Movie Review 6007

With director John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) and Halloween (1978) both profitably remade, it inevitably comes the turn of remaking his daft and unconvincing 1980 spook chiller The Fog. With the original being so feeble, there […]

Sep, 07

God’s Own Country **** (2017, Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart) – Movie Review

Writer-director Francis Lee’s intense 2017 film God’s Own Country is very persuasive and winning, with strong, searing performances by Josh O’Connor, Alec Secareanu, Gemma Jones and Ian Hart. Up on Yorkshire’s version of Brokeback Mountain, […]

Sep, 06

The Limehouse Golem **** (2016, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Olivia Cooke, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Sam Reid) – Movie Review

National treasure Bill Nighy is excellent as London copper John Kildare doggedly on the trail of a Victorian Limehouse serial killer. He involves himself in the fate of Lizzie Cree (Olivia Cooke), who is about to be hanged […]

Aug, 31

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