Derek Winnert

The Crowd ***** (1928, Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach) – Classic Movie Review 2586

Producer/co-writer/director King Vidor’s 1928 silent classic stars James Murray, who gives an exceptional performance as John Sims, an ordinary, everyman clerk with a small job in the big city. Eleanor Boardman is stupendous, too, as Mary […]

Jun, 12 · in Reviews

Cruel Intentions 2 *** (2000, Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Mimi Rogers, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt) – Classic Movie Review 2585

Writer-director Roger Kumble’s 2000 prequel to his 1999 erotic thriller hit is a shade less good, but it is still provocative, amusing, stylish and properly hard-hearted. Set a few years before the original, it follows […]

Jun, 12 · in Reviews

The Crucifer of Blood *** (1991, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 2584

All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]

Jun, 12

The Crucible *** (1996, Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Joan Allen, Paul Scofield, Bruce Davison) – Classic Movie Review 2583

Arthur Miller’s famous 1952 drama about a community torn apart by mass hysteria has lost none of its relevance in 1996. The handsome looking production is capably helmed by British director Nicholas Hytner (maker of […]

Jun, 12

Love, Rosie *** (2014, Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Christian Cooke) – Movie Review

Lily Collins and Sam Claflin star as Rosie and Alex, who have been best friends since they were five. So they couldn’t possibly be a right fit in love for one another, could they? Christian Cooke also […]

Jun, 11

Jurassic World **** (2015, Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer, Vincent D’Onofrio) – Movie Review

Bryce Dallas Howard (aged 34) stars as Claire, the frosty, workaholic manager of Isla Nublar’s fully functioning, operational dinosaur theme park called Jurassic World, as envisioned by John Hammond in Jurassic Park (1993) 22 years ago. After […]

Jun, 11

Last Action Hero *** (1993, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance) – Classic Movie Review 2582

Producer-director John McTiernan’s comedy sci-fi action adventure thriller was supposed to be the 1993 summer blockbuster but Jurassic Park stole much of its thunder and its business. Unfairly, and unexpectedly, it severely damaged Arnold Schwarzenegger’s box-office […]

Jun, 10

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