Derek Winnert

Mission: Impossible II *** (2000, Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton) – Classic Movie Review 1290

Director John Woo’s costly (£125million) 2000 sequel to the smash-hit 1996 original sees Tom Cruise return as IMF secret agent Ethan Hunt, who delivers more flashy, scrappy high-octane action in this second brain-in-neutral, edge-of-seat blockbuster. […]

Jun, 04 · in Reviews

The Shipping News **** (2001, Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Julianne Moore) – Classic Movie Review 1291

All aboard director Lasse Hallström‘s 2001 The Shipping News, a first-class trip to the spectacular, chilly landscapes of Newfoundland, the setting for the plushest acting performances you will see in a long while. Kevin Spacey […]

Jun, 04 · in Uncategorized

Mission: Impossible *** (1996, Tom Cruise, Jean Reno, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave) – Classic Movie Review 1289

Director Brian De Palma’s flashy 1996 blockbuster is a really scrappy high-octane action spy thriller movie, but it does deliver a lot of flash and some exciting edge-of-seat action. Remotely based on the popular 60s […]

Jun, 04

Basic Instinct *** (1992, Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle, Dorothy Malone) – Classic Movie Review 1287

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 shocker is a full-blooded, full-throttle sex and violence farrago of a neo-noir erotic thriller. It sees Michael Douglas settle comfortably back in Fatal Attraction mode and once again on the streets […]

Jun, 03

The Men **** (1950, Marlon Brando,Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane) – Classic Movie Review 1288

Producer Stanley Kramer and director Fred Zinnemann’s 1950 film stars the young Marlon Brando in his first film, in which he gives an electrifying performance as a World War Two infantry lieutenant who is seriously injured and paralysed […]

Jun, 03

Memphis Belle *** (1990, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, Sean Astin) – Classic Movie Review 1286

Producer David Puttnam and director Michael Caton-Jones’s honourable British-made 1990 film was inspired by Hollywood director William Wyler’s remarkable 1943 World War II documentary The Memphis Belle (made for the War Activities Commission) about a young […]

Jun, 03

The Blue Angel [Der blaue Engel] ***** (1930, Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers) – Classic Movie Review 1285

Director Joseph von Sternberg’s 1930 beautifully melancholic classic The Blue Angel [Der blaue Engel] stars his protégé Marlene Dietrich as the alluring nightclub cabaret singer Lola-Lola Frohlich. She marries the fat, fussy but infatuated Professor […]

Jun, 03

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