Derek Winnert

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles ** (2001, Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Serge Cockburn) – Classic Movie Review 4125

Oh ye of little faith were expecting a dud with director Simon Wincer’s belated 2001 third Crocodile Dundee laugh-fest from Paul Hogan, the amiable Aussie. Wrong! There are enough laid-back laughs here as the Australian adventurer […]

Aug, 03 · in Uncategorized

Critters 2: The Main Course * (1988, Scott Grimes, Cynthia Garris, Liane Curtis, Terrence Mann, Don Opper) – Classic Movie Review 4124

The countryside inhabitants of Grover’s Bend mistake unhatched Critter eggs for Easter eggs but Brad (Scott Grimes) cannot persuade anyone that the carnivorous extra-terrestrial ferocious furballs with dentures have bounced back n director Mick Garris’s unwelcome […]

Aug, 03 · in Uncategorized

Under the Volcano **** (1984, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, James Villiers) – Classic Movie Review 4,123

John Huston’s intensely smouldering 1984 metaphorical drama film Under the Volcano finds Albert Finney on scalding form, giving a blazing performance as an alcoholic former British consul in Thirties Mexico. Director John Huston’s intensely smouldering […]

Aug, 02

The Dead **** (1987, Anjelica Huston, Donal McCann, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 4122

Director John Huston’s intense and moving 1987 final film is his last testament. He died on August 28 1987, aged 81, before the film was released and before he could film his last screenplay Mr North, which […]

Aug, 02

Wise Blood ****½ (1979, Brad Dourif, John Huston, Ned Beatty, Harry Dean Stanton, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 4121

Director John Huston’s brilliant 1979 film version of Flannery O’Connor’s dramatic Deep South tale is nothing short of inspired. In arguably still his best performance to date, Brad Dourif gives a brilliant portrait of a […]

Aug, 02

My Cousin Vinny **½ (1992, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne, Austin Pendleton, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, Maury Chaykin) – Classic Movie Review 4120

British director Jonathan Lynn’s American 1992 situation comedy has its moments, though it is often boring and unsubtle, as it is written (by Dale Launer) and directed with clumsy hands. However, the hard-working actors deliver […]

Aug, 02

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls ½ (1995, Jim Carrey, Ian McNeice, Simon Callow, Maynard Eziashi, Bob Gunton, Sophie Okonedo, Tommy Davidson) – Classic Movie Review 4119

Jim Carrey’s pet detective Ace Ventura heads for the hills to find an abducted sacred white bat and keep the peace between African tribes, in writer-director Steve Oedekerk’s defiantly non-PC, non-funny 1995 sequel. Exuberant but repellent, this […]

Aug, 02

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