Derek Winnert

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation ***** (2015, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Alec Baldwin, Simon McBurney, Tom Hollander) – Movie Review

Cruise is back in control thanks to McQuarrie. It’s the best yet. M:I 5, or M:I – RN, is a super surprise – it’s incredibly slick, smart and stylish, with writer-director Christopher McQuarrie revivifying the […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

The Great Lie **** (1941, Bette Davis, George Brent, Mary Astor) – Classic Movie Review 2736

Director Edmund Goulding’s polished 1941 drama The Great Lie is another of the outstanding movies from the prime of Bette Davis, then reigning queen of the Warner Bros studio. The Great Lie is a great […]

Jul, 24 · in Reviews

No Way Out **** (1987, Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Paton) – Classic Movie Review 2735

All the thriller genre’s classic ingredients — lies, secrets, passion, sex and murder — are all brought to the boil in director Roger Donaldson’s truly thrilling 1987 neo film noir distantly based on Charles Laughton’s […]

Jul, 24

No Way to Treat a Lady **** (1968, Rod Steiger, Lee Remick, George Segal) – Classic Movie Review 2734

Lee Remick plays Kate Palmer, Segal’s bewildered gentile girlfriend, who unfortunately attracts a serial killer (Rod Steiger)’s evil attentions, in director Jack Smight’s tense, clever and extremely creepy 1968 black comedy thriller. Remick had everything […]

Jul, 24

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ** (1992, Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Paul Reubens, Rutger Hauer, Luke Perry) – Classic Movie Review 2733

Director Fran Rubel Kuzui’s fondly recalled 1992 fantasy action comedy Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a great cast, is written by cult name Joss Whedon and spawned the long-running hit TV series (1997–2003) that he […]

Jul, 23

13 Minutes [Elser] *** (2015, Christian Friedel, Katharina Schüttler, Burghart Klaußner) – Movie Review

Director Oliver Hirschbiegel’s terrifying biopic of German radical Georg Elser is painstaking but incredibly painful to watch as most of the film consists of his torture by the Nazis. This is a true horror movie. It’s […]

Jul, 23

5 Flights Up [Ruth & Alex] *** (2014, Diane Keaton, Morgan Freeman, Cynthia Nixon) – Movie Review

Funny and charming – Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman seem made for each other and share a twinkling screen magic. Cynthia Nixon scores too as their realtor. Diane Keaton and Morgan Freeman play Ruth & […]

Jul, 23

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