Derek Winnert

A River Runs Through It *** (1992, Brad Pitt, Craig Sheffer, Tom Skerritt, Brenda Blethyn) – Classic Movie Review 3244

Ah yes, a movie about fly fishing! Brad Pitt and Craig Sheffer star in producer-director Robert Redford’s high, wide and handsome 1992 tale of two brothers – one rebellious and the other reserved – growing up in rural […]

Jan, 18 · in Reviews

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams *** (1974, Dan Haggerty, Don Shanks, Marjorie Harper, Lisa Jones, Denver Pyle) – Classic Movie Review 3277

Dan Haggerty stars in director Richard Friedenberg’s 1974 wildlife family Western adventure as grizzled woodsman trapper James ‘Grizzly’ Adams, who is mistakenly accused of the crime of murder. Fleeing from bounty hunters, he treks off […]

Jan, 17 · in Reviews

Goosebumps ***½ (2015, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell) – Movie Review

Dylan Minnette stars in this delightful fantasy adventure horror comedy as nice American teenager Zach, who moves from New York to the small town of Madison, Delaware, with his equally nice mom (Amy Ryan) after his […]

Jan, 17

Phantasm II ** (1988, James Le Gros, Reggie Bannister, Angus Scrimm, Paula Irvine, A Michael Baldwin) – Classic Movie Review 3276

Writer-director Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm II is the unnecessary and less imaginative 1988 sequel to his 1979 cult horror movie Phantasm. Mike, the teenage boy from Phantasm is now a young man (and now played by […]

Jan, 17

Phantasm *** (1979, Angus Scrimm, A Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister) – Classic Movie Review 3275

The 6′ 4″ evil screen villain Angus Scrimm (aka Lawrence Rory Guy), most famous as The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) and its sequels, died at the age of 89 on January 9, 2016. His […]

Jan, 17

The River Wild *** (1994, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Mazzello) – Classic Movie Review 3243

Director Curtis Hanson’s exciting 1994 action adventure crime thriller is a posh-end item, with a classy cast. Dennis O’Neill’s screenplay might spend time providing atmosphere, building character and developing dialogue, but it delivers all the tension and thrills […]

Jan, 17

Digging to China *** (1997, Kevin Bacon, Mary Stuart Masterson, Cathy Moriarty) – Classic Movie Review 3240

‘My mother lived in one world. I was always looking for another. Once I tried to squeeze down a rabbit hole. Then I tried digging all the way to China. ‘ The actor Timothy Hutton […]

Jan, 16

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