Derek Winnert

Non-Stop *** (2014, Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy) – Movie Review

Liam Neeson stars as Bill Marks, a troubled, hard-drinking US air marshal who boards a transatlantic flight and soon gets a series of text messages from an unknown fellow passenger that other passengers will be killed one by […]

Feb, 26 · in Uncategorized

Bonnie and Clyde ***** (1967, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Gene Wilder) – Classic Movie Review 848

Director Arthur Penn’s 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde is one of the most memorable icons of Sixties cinema and the gangster movie of the era. ‘They’re young. They’re in love. They rob banks.’ Warren Beatty […]

Feb, 25 · in Uncategorized

The Dark Knight ***** (2008, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart) – Classic Movie Review 847

Three years on from Batman Begins (2005), co-writer/director Christopher Nolan follows up with his 2008 Batman/Dark Knight reboot sequel that is arguably even more thrilling. This time Nolan boldly takes on Tim Burton’s Batman (1989) directly, […]

Feb, 24

Batman Begins ***** (2005, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 846

The darkness falls over Gotham City and co-writer/director Christopher Nolan’s thrilling 2005 Batman/Dark Knight reboot is a triumph, and so is Christian Bale’s sombre Bruce Wayne/Batman, who is centre stage all the way as we discover […]

Feb, 23

Papadopoulos & Sons – Film Review

A thoroughly enjoyable, cracking little film, sweet, nice and old-fashioned, Papadopoulos & Sons is warm-hearted and amusing in the Shirley Valentine mould. Maybe it’s not quite as tasty a dish as that Eighties classic, but […]

Feb, 22

Stalingrad – Film Review

Director Fedor Bondarchuk’s 2013 Second World War battle movie is Russia’s first feature in IMAX and 3D formats. The CGI-created battle scenes and sets are just astonishing, though there’s a problem with some of the […]

Feb, 22

Nymphomaniac *** (2003, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Jamie Bell) – Movie Review

Danish writer-director Lars Von Trier’s 2013 shocker seems very near to being like a porn film wrapped up as an art movie. Charlotte Gainsbourg stars as Joe, a self-diagnosed nymphomaniac who recounts her erotic experiences […]

Feb, 19

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