Derek Winnert

The Town That Dreaded Sundown *** (2014, Addison Timlin, Veronica Cartwright, Anthony Anderson, Joshua Leonard, Gary Cole) – Movie Review

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s masked killer movie is an effective, creepy, clever and stylish reworking and updating of an old horror favourite. It’s just a little bit different with its references to the 1976 original movie, setting it out […]

Apr, 11 · in Reviews

Glassland ***½ (2014, Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter) – Movie Review

Jack Reynor stars as John, a young Dublin taxi driver who is desperately trying to save his mother (Toni Collette) from an early death through alcohol addiction. He manages to get her into a week’s […]

Apr, 10 · in Reviews

Zulu ***** (1964, Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine, James Booth, Nigel Green, Ulla Jacobsson) – Classic Movie Review 2,373

Cy Endfield’s thrillingly staged 1964 real-life historical action adventure movie Zulu is a much-loved, bona fide British classic of the era. Michael Caine is cast against type as an offhand aristocratic officer in the film […]

Apr, 10

Danny Collins **** (2015, Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer) – Movie Review

Al Pacino finds a great role for himself as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who decides to change his life, quit singing his greatest hits in stadiums and clean up his rock ‘n roll lifestyle act. The […]

Apr, 10

Good Kill **** (2014, Ethan Hawke, January Jones, Zoë Kravitz, Bruce Greenwood) – Movie Review

Ethan Hawke stars as Tom Egan, a Las Vegas-based fighter pilot turned drone pilot who fights the Taliban by remote control for 12 hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his […]

Apr, 09

Force Majeure [Turist] **** (2014, Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ruben Östlund’s storming black comedy drama dissects a happy, well-to-do Scandinavian family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps who find themselves staring at an avalanche coming towards them during lunch on their resort’s […]

Apr, 09

Home from Home [Die andere Heimat – Chronik einer Sehnsucht] ***** (2013, Jan Dieter Schneider, Antonia Bill) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Edgar Reitz‘s overwhelming world cinema masterpiece makes a devastating emotional and intellectual impact. Astoundingly you can look in vain for international movie awards for it, though it was appreciated in Germany. Reitz shoots his […]

Apr, 09

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