Derek Winnert

The Name of the Rose **** (1986, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F Murray Abraham, Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Ron Perlman, Vernon Dobtcheff, William Hickey) – Classic Movie Review 1084

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1986 worldwide movie hit The Name of the Rose turns the Umberto Eco metaphysical bestselling novel into a thrilling, adult medieval mystery. It won the César for Best Foreign Film and BAFTAs […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

Disclosure ***½ (1994, Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 1083

Producer-director Barry Levinson’s thought-provoking 1994 thriller stars Michael Douglas as happily married computer expert Tom Sanders, whose expected promotion goes to ambitious Demi Moore, an old flame, who sexually harasses him. All hell lets loose […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen *** (2003, Sean Connery, Stuart Townsend, Peta Wilson, Shane West, Jason Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 1082

Sean Connery stars as adventurer Allan Quatermain in director Stephen Norrington’s lively 2003 fantasy comic book adventure, in which seven famous characters from Victorian fiction combine to stop a maniac known as The Fantom from starting […]

Apr, 12

Collateral Damage *** (2002, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, Francesca Neri, Elias Koteas, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 1081

Director Andrew Davis’s acceptable, formulaic 2002 thriller is a solid enough if unexceptional vehicle for old Austrian oak Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is back as an L.A. fire-fighter who sees his wife and son killed in a […]

Apr, 12

Giant **** (1956, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 1,080

Rock Hudson (born 17 November 1925) achieved stardom with Magnificent Obsession (1954), All That Heaven Allows (1955) and Giant (1956), which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. George Stevens’s ambitious 1956 film Giant was a triumph […]

Apr, 12

East of Eden ***** (1955, James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Burl Ives, Lois Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1079

James Dean became an overnight movie icon as the embodiment of the mid-50s rebellious American teenager in just three films made in a little over a year before his death in a car crash in […]

Apr, 12

Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (2004, John Cho, Kal Penn) – Classic Film Review 1078

John Cho and Kal Penn star as druggies Harold and Kumar, who want to get their munchies by going to the White Castle burger bar, but everything seems to get in the way. Their car’s […]

Apr, 12

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