Derek Winnert

Dawn of the Dead **** (1978, David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H Reiniger, Gaylen Ross) – Classic Movie Review 1472

Writer-director George Romero’s outstanding 1978 zombie horror movie follows four urban commandos holed up in a shopping mall in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, which is under attack from large groups of flesh-eating zombies caused by a plague […]

Jul, 25 · in Articles

Animal Crackers ***** (1930, Marx Brothers) – Classic Movie Review 1471

‘One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.’ – Groucho Marx. The four Marx Brothers Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo are on tip-top funny form […]

Jul, 25 · in Articles

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo *** (1999, Rob Schneider, Oded Fehr) – Classic Movie Review 1470

Director Mike Mitchell’s excellently silly, 1999 bad-taste farce stars Rob Schneider as a hapless fish-tank cleaner and pool attendant who house-sits when the owner, a greasy, angry, exotic-fish-loving male gigolo (Oded Fehr, hilarious), is away […]

Jul, 25

Detroit Rock City *** (1999, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1469

Director Adam Rifkin’s 1999 coming of age comedy drama stars the talented Edward Furlong in the period when his career was still shining. Everything goes wrong for four Cleveland teenage kids (Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James […]

Jul, 25

Before and After *** (Liam Neeson, Meryl Streep, Edward Furlong) – Classic Movie Review 1468

Director Barbet Schroeder’s 1996 fast-paced dramatic thriller stars Liam Neeson as a well-respected American father who fights with his wife (Meryl Streep) and daughter (Julia Weldon) when their teenage son, New England boy Jacob (Edward Furlong), […]

Jul, 25

Animal Factory *** (2000, Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 1467

Director Steve Buscemi’s janglingly edgy 2000 movie stars Willem Dafoe as a shaven-headed old lag takes drug-dealing rich lad Edward Furlong under his wing. Furlong ‘s slight, privileged kid Ron Decker has landed up in San Quentin jail […]

Jul, 24

Dawn of the Dead *** (2004, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth) – Classic Movie Review 1466

In his tense and exciting 2004 feature film debut, director Zack Snyder remakes George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead as a horror action movie, working from a workmanlike screenplay by James Gunn, co-writer/director of […]

Jul, 24

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