Derek Winnert

The Last Stand (15) *** (2013, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville) – Movie Review

It seems like old times. There are photos of Brucie, Sly and Arnie all over town advertising their new movies. In his first star role in 10 years, the guvernator Arnold Schwarzenegger is back with […]

May, 03 · in Reviews

Bullet to the Head *** (2012, Sylvester Stallone) – Movie Review

Sylvester Stallone returns to his roots as an iconic action star to play Jimmy Bobo, a jaded New Orleans hitman who reluctantly teams up with a Washington DC police detective (Sung Kang) to bring down the […]

May, 03 · in Reviews

Mortal Kombat *** (1995, Christopher Lambert, Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1172

Director Paul Anderson’s fairly enjoyable 1995 movie Mortal Kombat is a flashy, noisy and pretty cheesy fantasy action adventure, based on the first title in the video game series by Ed Boon and John Tobias, […]

May, 03

Escape from New York **** (1981, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Ernest Borgnine, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau) – Classic Movie Review 1177

Director/ co-writer John Carpenter’s tough and exciting futuristic action thriller, made in 1981 but set in 1997, sees the US President forced to land in Manhattan, now a prison ghetto full of baddies who take him […]

May, 03

Escape from L A ** (1996, Kurt Russell, Cliff Robertson, Georges Corraface, A J Langer, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, Bruce Campbell, Peter Fonda, Michelle Forbes, Pam Grier, Valeria Golino) – Classic Movie Review 1176

Director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell reunite in 1996 for a fairly feeble, low-imagination, low-adrenaline sequel to 1981’s Escape from New York that plays more like a re-make. They shouldn’t have proceeded without a […]

May, 03

Soldier **** (1998, Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen, Jason Isaacs, Michael Chiklis, Gary Busey, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 1174

Director Paul W S Anderson’s superior and intelligent 1998 futuristic sci-fi action movie stars Kurt Russell as Todd 3465, a cyborg sergeant whose superiors dump him on a desolate planet, convinced that he is dead. But […]

May, 03

The Pallbearer *** (1996, David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow) – Classic Movie Review 1170

David Schwimmer is very amusing as Tom Thompson, an agreeable young man corralled in as the pallbearer for a high-school buddy he hardly remembers by the deceased’s amorous mom (Barbara Hershey). Co-writer/director Matt Reeves excellent, […]

May, 02

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