Derek Winnert

Wolf Creek ** (2005, John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi) – Classic Movie Review 3628

Two English gals, Liz Hunter (Cassandra Magrath) and Kristy Earl (Kestie Morassi), backpacking across the country Down Under, pick up a fit bloke called Ben Mitchell (Nathan Phillips), an Australian friend from Sydney, and set off for […]

Apr, 29 · in Uncategorized

These Final Hours ** (2013, Nathan Phillips, Jessica De Gouw, David Field, Angourie Rice) – Movie Review

Writer-director Zak Hilditch’s enterprising Aussie thriller takes place on the last day on Earth, starting just 12 hours before a cataclysmic event will end life as we know it. It seems like a meteor has collided with Earth in […]

Apr, 29 · in Uncategorized

Louder than Bombs **** (2015, Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid, Amy Ryan, David Strathairn) – Movie Review

Exquisitely handled, tenderly performed, touchingly heartfelt family drama of a father (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons Jonah and Conrad (Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid) forced to confront their different feelings and memories of the boys’ dead war […]

Apr, 29

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures **** (2016, documentary) – Movie Review

Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s riveting 2016 American documentary film is a fascinating two-hour examination of the life and work of the revered and controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. It captures on camera almost all the important participators in Mapplethorpe’s […]

Apr, 29

Ratchet and Clank ** (2016, voices of James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward, Paul Giamatti) – Movie Review

Ready to kick some asteroid? Directors Kevin Munroe and Jericca Cleland’s animated sci-fi video game adaptation is packed full of fast paced action and sarcastic one-liners. But, though it has plenty of energy and is likeable enough, it […]

Apr, 29

Golden Years ** (2016, Bernard Hill, Virginia McKenna, Simon Callow, Philip Davis, Una Stubbs, Sue Johnston) – Movie Review

Bernard Hill (aged 71) and Virginia McKenna (85) do well as old married couple Arthur and Martha Goode, who take to robbing banks as a way out of the financial problems of old age. My […]

Apr, 28

Demolition **** (2015, Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, C J Wilson, Judah Lewis) – Movie Review

Jake Gyllenhaal is in his acting and personal prime in a perfect performance as investment banker Davis, who life is in deep meltdown after losing his wife in a car crash. He works for his […]

Apr, 28

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