Derek Winnert

Spawn *** (1997, Michael Jai White, Martin Sheen, John Leguizamo, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson) – Classic Movie Review 4583

Director Mark A Z Dippé’s 1997 comic book movie stars Michael Jai White as CIA agent Al Simmons, who is betrayed and incinerated in a chemical inferno by his evil megalomaniacal boss Jason Wynn (Martin Sheen). […]

Nov, 03 · in Reviews

Spawn of the North **** (1938, George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Barrymore, Louise Platt) – Classic Movie Review 4582

Director Henry Hathaway’s all-action 1938 sea adventure about a salmon-fishing war between the Americans and Russians off Alaska is a high-spirited movie with great Alaskan glacier scenery. The outstanding special effects, sound effects and photographic […]

Nov, 03 · in Reviews

Short Circuit 2 ** (1988, Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Cynthia Gibb, Jack Weston) – Classic Movie Review 4581

Director Kenneth Johnson’s pleasantly silly 1988 sci-fi fantasy comedy sequel is aimed at an even younger audience than the 1986 teen movie original. Alas, original stars Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg and director John Badham […]

Nov, 03

Short Circuit **** (1986, Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, G W Bailey, Brian McNamara) – Classic Movie Review 4580

Director John Badham’s family-friendly 1986 teen movie stars Ally Sheedy and Steve Guttenberg as the pet-loving Stephanie Speck and the brilliant young scientific boffin Newton Crosby. The duo set out to rescue ‘Number Five’, a […]

Nov, 03

The Shopworn Angel **** (1938, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton) – Classic Movie Review 4579

The tearful 1938 wartime romantic drama film The Shopworn Angel is a tasty reworking of the old story, with the right cast in James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan to make it work.  Director H C […]

Nov, 03

Since You’ve Been Gone *** (1998, Lara Flynn Boyle, Teri Hatcher, David Schwimmer, Joey Slotnick, Rachel Griffiths, Jennifer Grey) – Classic Movie Review 4578

Director David Schwimmer’s entertainingly eccentric and consistently amusing 1998 high-school reunion movie concentrates on a large ensemble of weird, frustrated or unresolved characters and the crazy scrapes and incidents they get into or up to. […]

Nov, 02

The Draughtsman’s Contract ***** (1982, Janet Suzman, Anthony Higgins) – Classic Movie Review 4577

Wayward genius writer-director Peter Greenaway’s 1982 British historical mystery is incredibly beautiful looking and most handsomely played, though it can be infuriating, at any rate as a The Name of the Rose-style arty period thriller. […]

Nov, 02

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