Derek Winnert

The Big Boss [Táng Shān Dà Xiōng] *** (1971, Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Tony Liu) – Classic Movie Review 4456

Bruce Lee shows off his kung-fu prowess to great, exciting advantage in writer-director Lo Wei’s otherwise mundane and predictable 1971 Hong Kong martial arts cult action thriller. Lee plays Cheng Chao-an in a familiar story in which he […]

Oct, 05 · in Reviews

Sweet Dreams [Fai bei sogni] **** (2016, Valerio Mastandrea, Bérénice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Emmanuelle Devos) – Movie Review

The 76-year Italian director Marco Bellocchio marches triumphantly on with this haunting reflection on childhood and the Mother, Mama. As we know, Italian men believe that all women are whores, except their own mother, who is a saint.  […]

Oct, 04 · in Reviews

King Cobra *** (2016, Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, James Franco, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Sean Grandillo, Keegan Allen) – Movie Review

James Franco is kissing men again, but then so, surprisingly, is Christian Slater in writer-director Justin Kelly’s ripped-from-the-headlines gay-themed drama. Slater is very good indeed as nice, quiet, suburban, middle-aged gay pornographer Stephen, who facilitates the rise of […]

Oct, 04

War on Everyone *** (2016, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Theo James, Tessa Thompson, Caleb Landry Jones, Paul Reiser) – Movie Review

London writer and director John Michael McDonagh’s welcome and tastily edgy but slightly off-kilter and struggling 2016 black comedy thriller re-tells the very familiar tale of two corrupt cops in New Mexico who enjoy blackmailing and […]

Oct, 04

The Girl on the Train *** (2016, Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, Édgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon) – Movie Review

Emily Blunt lands a stonking great star role as the depressed, alcoholic Rachel, divorced a year earlier and fired from her New York PR job, in director Tate Taylor’s murder mystery thriller, based on the novel […]

Oct, 04

The Guv’nor *** (2016, Lenny McLean, Jamie McLean, Martin Askew, Guy Ritchie, Jason Flemyng) – Movie Review

Writer-director Paul Van Carter’s compelling and engrossing feature documentary about the life of East London hard man Lenny McLean is seen through the bright blue eyes of his only son, Jamie. Van Carter follows Jamie with his cameras […]

Oct, 04

Imperium ***½ (2016, Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts) – Movie Review

I liked it. Writer-director Daniel Ragussis’s 2016 film is most interesting and involving. It works both as a tense thriller and a thought-provoking drama. The range of bad guys is impressive. Leading the good guys, Daniel Radcliffe […]

Oct, 04

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