Derek Winnert

Legend *** (1985, Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry) – Classic Movie Review 1516

Director Ridley Scott’s quite enchanting, glorious looking, magical 1985 fantasy adventure stars the hot young 23-year-old star Tom Cruise as a woodland creature, the forest boy called Jack O’ the Green, who is trying to save a unicorn […]

Aug, 04 · in Reviews

Risky Business **** (1983, Tom Cruise, Rebecca DeMornay) – Classic Movie Review 1515

Writer-director Paul Brickman’s key 80s Brat Pack teen comedy turned the 21-year-old Tom Cruise into a hot young star in his fifth movie after Endless Love, Taps, The Outsiders and Losin’ It. Costing $6million, Risky Business […]

Aug, 03 · in Reviews

Tarantula *** (1955, John Agar, Mara Corday, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 1,514

Jack Arnold’s fondly regarded 1955 monster movie Tarantula is one of the key Fifties chillers, celebrated in Richard O’Brien’s musical The Rocky Horror Show: ‘I knew Leo G Carroll was over a barrel when Tarantula […]

Aug, 03

Sea of Love **** (1989, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman) – Classic Movie Review 1513

Director Harold Becker’s sizzling 1989 thriller Sea of Love is arguably his finest movie, though City Hall (1996) comes a very near second. Al Pacino is on his best form as love-crazed cop Detective Frank Keller, […]

Aug, 03

Hostage **** (2005, Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1512

Bruce Willis is back in top gear in 2005 for his die-hard fans as a failed LAPD hostage negotiator who’s now the police chief in a small California town. When their convenience store robbery goes wrong, the three crooks […]

Aug, 03

Domestic Disturbance ** (2001, John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Steve Buscemi, Teri Polo) – Classic Movie Review 1511

It’s dad (John Travolta) to the rescue when a 12-year-old boy (Matt O’Leary)’s mom (Teri Polo) remarries and the kid is terrified by the stepfather-from-hell (Vince Vaughn). All too soon it turns out the Vaughn […]

Aug, 03

Taps *** (1981, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, George C Scott, Tom Cruise) – Classic Movie Review 1510

‘We have a home here. We think it’s something worth defending.’ – Cadet Major Brian Moreland. Director Harold Becker’s 1981 movie is one of the key youth-oriented films of the 80s. It’s Timothy Hutton’s follow-up […]

Aug, 02

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