Derek Winnert

The Boys * (1998, David Wenham, Toni Collette) – Classic Movie Review 1491

Debut director Rowan Woods’s 1998 release is a very extreme, slow-moving and repulsive Australian film about a psychopathically violent crook released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. He comes home to a Sydney household […]

Jul, 29 · in Reviews

Shooting Fish *** (1997, Stuart Townsend, Dan Futterman, Kate Beckinsale) – Classic Movie Review 1490

Writer-director Stefan Schwartz’s 1997 British comedy stars Stuart Townsend and Dan Futterman as Jez and Dylan, a couple of orphaned con-men who join up with their posh office temp Georgie (Kate Beckinsale) to scam enough […]

Jul, 29 · in Reviews

Rob Roy *** (1995, Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth) – Classic Movie Review 1,489

The lusty 1995 box-office hit adventure film Rob Roy is based on the classic novel by Sir Walter Scott. Set in early 18th-century Scotland, it tells the tale of clan chief Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam […]

Jul, 29

Joe *** (2013, Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan) – Movie Review

Nicolas Cage profitably goes back to his indie roots as an ex-con called Joe, oddly enough, who provides the unlikeliest of role models when he meets and hires a keen, eager-beaver 15-year-old boy named Gary (Tye […]

Jul, 28

Gandhi ***** (1982, Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Mills, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson) – Classic Movie Review 1488

Producer-director Richard Attenborough’s stirring 1982 film Gandhi was a triumph, scooping eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Attenborough and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley’s unforgettable performance as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948). John […]

Jul, 28

Birdy ***** (1984, Nicolas Cage, Matthew Modine, John Harkins, Sandy Baron, Karen Young, Bruno Kirby, Nancy Fish) – Classic Movie Review 1487

Director Alan Parker’s marvellous 1984 film Birdy stars Nicolas Cage as Al Columbato, who tries whatever he can to help his best friend Birdy (Matthew Modine), now a speechless schizophrenic suffering from post-war trauma and […]

Jul, 28

Boys ** (1996, Winona Rider, Lucas Haas, John C Reilly, James LeGros, Skeet Ulrich, Wiley Wiggins) – Classic Movie Review 1486

Stacy Cochran’s interesting 1996 drama film Boys, with the theme of teenage lost innocence and growing up, has an excellent young cast of Winona Rider, Lucas Haas, John C Reilly, James LeGros, Skeet Ulrich and […]

Jul, 28

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