Derek Winnert

U Turn ** (1997, Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte) – Classic Movie Review 2083

Director Oliver Stone goes for overkill again with another gorefest in this 1997 pounding mix of his 1994 Natural Born Killers and film noir that gives your senses a hammering. Sean Penn stars as a […]

Jan, 17 · in Reviews

Natural Born Killers ** (1994, Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Robert Downey Jr) – Classic Movie Review 2080

Director Oliver Stone’s hugely controversial 1994 serial killer thriller and media satire started life originally as a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. But here it is substantially reinvented and given a changed ending by writer-director Stone, […]

Jan, 17 · in Reviews

Hour of the Gun **** (1967, James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 2082

Director John Sturges revisits the same material as his 1957 classic Western Gunfight at the OK Corral when he directs this more historically accurate, but comparatively little known 1967 sequel of sorts. This first-rate movie boasts outstanding performances […]

Jan, 17

My Darling Clementine ***** (1946, Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature) – Classic Movie Review 2081

Director John Ford’s splendid 1946 back and white Western tells a fanciful version of the tale of the Gunfight at the OK Corral. Career-best portrayals by Henry Fonda as a thin-lipped, tough, resolute lawman Wyatt […]

Jan, 17

Play It Again, Sam **** (1972, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Jerry Lacy, Viva) – Classic Movie Review 2079

Director Herbert Ross’s 1972 comedy showcases screenwriter Woody Allen’s captivating reworking of his own stage play – a rarity for him. It is one of Allen’s funniest movies. Allen also stars himself as Allan Felix, […]

Jan, 17

Play Misty for Me **** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills) – Classic Movie Review 2078

The 1971 psychological thriller Play Misty for Me is a carefully crafted, tense and exciting chiller full of creepy sequences. It represents an auspicious directorial début by the ambitious, 41-year-old Clint Eastwood, effortlessly making the transition […]

Jan, 16

Kingsman: The Secret Service **** (2014, Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L Jackson, Mark Hamill, Jack Davenport, Mark Strong) – Movie Review

Director Matthew Vaughn’s tongue-in-cheek post-modern spy thriller is based on Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons acclaimed comic book The Secret Service stars Colin Firth is a tailor-made role for him as impeccably suave veteran secret […]

Jan, 16

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