Derek Winnert

Unfaithful **** (2002, Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez) – Classic Movie Review 1381

Director Adrian Lyne’s sizzling 2002 erotic thriller stars Diane Lane, who finally gets a part truly worthy of her as a rich, lovely, apparently happily married middle-aged suburban wife, who strays into hell when she […]

Jun, 30 · in Reviews

Super Size Me **** (2004, Morgan Spurlock) – Classic Movie Review 1380

Crazy but canny documentary film-maker Morgan Spurlock puts his fit body to the test on a 30-day burger binge at McDonald’s: three Big Mac meals a day, always taking the Super Size if offered, in […]

Jun, 30 · in Reviews

Fail Safe ***** (1964, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Walter Matthau, Dan O’Herlihy, Frank Overton, Edward Binns, Fritz Weaver, Sorrell Booke, Dom DeLuise) – Classic Movie Review 1379

Director Sidney Lumet’s brilliant 1964 nuclear war thriller is sweatily tense throughout and often heart-stopping. Despite its ultra-gripping, important story, dedicated, vital performances, uber-tense mood and deadly message, it was sadly and unfairly wiped out […]

Jun, 29

Fahrenheit 9/11 **** (2004, dir Michael Moore) – Classic Movie Review 1378

Film-maker Michael Moore delivers a devastating attack on the Government of President George W Bush in this controversial and devastating 2004 Cannes Palme D’Or-prize-winning documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which he calls ‘the temperature at which freedom […]

Jun, 29

Bowling for Columbine **** (2002, dir Michael Moore) – Classic Movie Review 1377

‘Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?’ Writer-director Michael Moore’s gripping, provocative, chilling 2002 Oscar-winning documentary explores America’s love affair with firearms in the wake of two kids massacring 13 […]

Jun, 29

The Rundown [Welcome to the Jungle] *** (2003, The Rock, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 1376

Director Peter Berg’s 2003 action adventure thriller The Rundown, also known as Welcome to the Jungle, stars The Rock (also known as Dwayne Johnson), who comes on like Arnie on speed as Beck, an aspiring chef […]

Jun, 29

Last Days *** (2005, Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento) – Classic Movie Review 1375

Writer-producer-director Gus Van Sant’s 2005 Seattle-set rock ‘n roll drama is a fictionalised account of the last days of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Michael Pitt stars as a character called Blake, based on Cobain, who is collapsing […]

Jun, 29

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