Derek Winnert

Darkman II: The Return of Durant **½ (1995, Larry Drake, Arnold Vosloo, Kim Delaney) – Classic Movie Review 3486

Written by Steven McKay, this is an entertaining 1995 Grand Guignol horror comic sequel from director Bradford May, taking over from part one’s Sam Raimi, the director of Darkman (1990), who stays on as co-producer only. […]

Mar, 20 · in Reviews

Blue Thunder **** (1983, Roy Scheider, Malcolm McDowell, Warren Oates, Candy Clark, Daniel Stern, Paul Roebling, Joe Santos) – Classic Movie Review 3481

Director John Badham’s 1983 action-adventure crime thriller is a memorable humdinger. Roy Scheider eagerly grabs one of his best Eighties opportunities as Officer Frank Murphy, a Vietnam veteran turned cop, hit by trauma blackouts, who […]

Mar, 20 · in Reviews

Dr Giggles **½ (1992, Larry Drake, Holly Marie Combs, Cliff De Young) – Classic Movie Review 3482

Co-writer/director Manny Coto’s deeply unsettling 1992 horror movie stars Larry Drake as the psychopathic Dr Evan Rendell, aka Dr Giggles, the son of a mass-murdering doctor, who escapes from his mental institution and comes to the […]

Mar, 20

Darkman **** (1990, Liam Neeson, Larry Drake, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels) – Classic Movie Review 3483

Co-writer/director Sam Raimi’s 1990 horror comic is a thrilling grand guignol horror movie. Liam Neeson gives an admirably grave performance as Peyton Westlake, a scientist who recreates himself as the shadowy avenger Darkman after he is […]

Mar, 20

Hoosiers [Best Shot] **** (1986, Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper) – Classic Movie Review 3485

Gene Hackman stars as a crusty burnt-out coach who trains Fifties Indiana high-school boys for basketball success, in the poignant, complex 1986 sports drama classic film Hoosiers [Best Shot]. Director David Anspaugh’s poignant and complex […]

Mar, 20

Scarecrow **** (1973, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Eileen Brennan, Ann Wedgeworth) – Classic Movie Review 3,484

Gene Hackman and Al Pacino light sparks as drifters who hitchhike across the US in the 1973 drama film gem Scarecrow. Time has been kind to this almost forgotten gem of 50 years ago, a box-office […]

Mar, 19

Mojave ***½ (2015, Garrett Hedlund, Oscar Isaac, Mark Wahlberg) – Movie Review

‘This started in the desert and it’s gonna end there. You understand? This has to play out.’ Garrett Hedlund stars in this intriguing 2015 film noir-style psycho thriller oddity as depressed film-maker Thomas, who goes into […]

Mar, 19

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