Derek Winnert

The Great Wall ** (2016, Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Pedro Pascal, Andy Lau) – Movie Review

Zhang Yimou is one of the world’s great film directors but unfortunately this simple-minded 2016 fantasy action adventure is not a great film. Despite the title, it’s not really about The Great Wall at all. It’s a monster […]

Feb, 19 · in Reviews

Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead *** (1992, Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert) – Classic Movie Review 5031

Director Sam Raimi turns the third and final part of his The Evil Dead trilogy into a spoof sword and sorcery fantasy horror movie. Bruce Campbell returns as hero Ash, who is now accidentally transported […]

Feb, 19 · in Reviews

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn [Evil Dead II] *** (1987, Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks) – Classic Movie Review 5030

For his bigger-budget ( $3,600,000) horror sequel to the 1981 cult favourite video nasty original The Evil Dead, co-writer/ director Raimi gives his horror fans exactly what they want – another exuberant dose of blood, […]

Feb, 19

The Evil Dead *** (1981, Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly) – Classic Movie Review 5029

Writer-director Sam Raimi’s seminal 1981 low-budget horror movie The Evil Dead is still a bit of a scary, gut-churning experience, with the film-maker gleefully piling on as much substantial graphic horror violence and gore as […]

Feb, 19

Hold Your Man **** (1933, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin) – Classic Movie Review 4982

Rapier Thirties wit Anita Loos wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for director Sam Wood’s wisecracking, love-at-first-sight 1933 romantic comedy Hold Your Man about a crook and a moll especially for MGM’s great stars […]

Feb, 18

Saratoga *** (1937, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Margaret Hamilton, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 4981

Director Jack Conway’s sad and troubled 1937 MGM movie Saratoga is tragically the last film of the young blonde bombshell Jean Harlow, and marks the last pairing of Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in their […]

Feb, 18

John Wick: Chapter 2 **** (2017, Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane) – Movie Review

Italian villain Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio) is none too thrilled when retired ex-hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) refuses his marker to repay his debt and to make a kill for him. Santino promptly blows up his house to […]

Feb, 17

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