Derek Winnert

Dope *** (2015, Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Zoe Kravitz, Kimberly Elise, A$AP Rocky) – Movie Review

Shameik Moore impresses in his first lead role as geeky young Malcolm in writer-director Rick Famuyiwa’s bright and lively coming-of-age comedy drama, produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang. It pulls off the trick of […]

Aug, 31 · in Articles

The Serpent and the Rainbow *** (1988, Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield) – Classic Movie Review 2872

Director Wes Craven tackles the darkly disturbing dreams of the undead in this creepy 1988 voodoo hokum carefully tailored for horror buffs. Bill Pullman stars as Dennis Alan, an anthropologist who goes to Haiti to investigate […]

Aug, 31 · in Articles

Swamp Thing *** (1982, Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise) – Classic Movie Review 2871

Writer-director Wes Craven’s 1982 cult horror comic movie, based on Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson‘s D C Comic book characters, is reasonably engaging and amusing. Ray Wise stars as a research scientist Dr Alec Holland, […]

Aug, 31

The Last House on the Left *** (1972, Lucy Grantham, Sandra Cassel, David Hess, Marc Sheffier, Jeramie Rain, Fred Lincoln, Gaylord St James, Cynthia Carr) – Classic Movie Review 2870

‘To avoid fainting, keep repeating “It’s only a movie…It’s only a movie…only a movie…”‘ Writer-editor-director Wes Craven’s 1972 revenge horror thriller is his debut feature film, a difficult and controversial shocker of a movie. It […]

Aug, 31

Frances **** (1982, Jessica Lange, Kim Stanley, Sam Shepard) – Classic Movie Review 2869

Jessica Lange as Best Actress and Kim Stanley as Best Supporting Actress were both Oscar and Golden Globe nominated and burn into the memory as the tormented Thirties movie star Frances Farmer and her demented […]

Aug, 31

Awakenings **** (1990, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow) – Classic Movie Review 2868

Director Penny Marshall’s true-story 1990 drama stars Robin Williams as a timid doctor, who, along with a kindly nurse (Julie Kavner), awakes a group of patients in a Bronx hospital from a sleep-like trance. As […]

Aug, 31

Myra Breckinridge *** (1970, Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch) – Classic Movie Review 2,867

Michael Sarne’s 1970 film of Gore Vidal’s witty comic novel about Hollywood is nowhere near as bad as its reputation suggests. Raquel Welch gamely plays the sex-change movie critic heroine Myra Breckinridge, and Rex Reed […]

Aug, 30

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