Derek Winnert

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ***** (1923, Lon Chaney Sr, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry) – Classic Mlovie Review 730

Director Wallace Worsley’s brilliant 1923 silent version of the Victor Hugo classic still thrills and astounds thanks to the marvellous, costly Universal studio production, huge crowd scenes, astonishing production designs and sets, and the rousing telling […]

Jan, 21 · in Reviews

The Hunt for Red October **** (1990, Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 728

From brilliant action director John McTiernan, the maker of Predator and Die Hard, this 1990 cheeky and exciting action thriller blockbuster is one of the best of its kind. A commanding Sean Connery is on […]

Jan, 21 · in Reviews

The Sum of Us **** (1994, Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 726

In a little acting joint tour-de-force, Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe are excellent as Sydney, Australia, father and son Harry and Jeff Mitchell, who are best friend and their love for each other is special. While […]

Jan, 20

Patriot Games *** (1992, Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Thora Birch, James Fox, Patrick Bergin) – Classic Movie Review 727

Director Phillip Noyce’s 1992 blockbuster has its exciting moments but overall it is a surprisingly plodding, clunky and lame action thriller based on Tom Clancy’s bestseller. Harrison Ford is dependable and sympathetic but unexpectedly dull as […]

Jan, 20

Clear and Present Danger *** (1994, Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Benjamin Bratt, Thora Birch) – Classic Movie Review 728

Two years after his hit with Patriot Games in 1992, Harrison Ford reprises his role as CIA analyst Jack Ryan in director Phillip Noyce’s pounding 1994 action thriller, with some stupendous action scenes, based on […]

Jan, 20

The Sum of All Fears *** (2002, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ciarán Hinds, John Cromwell, Bridget Moynahan, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Colm Feore, Josef Sommer) – Classic Movie Review 725

In 2002 Ben Affleck takes over Harrison Ford’s old part of CIA man Jack Ryan in director Phil Alden Robinson’s ultra-tense, ambitious, nail-biting action blockbuster, adapted from the work of Tom Clancy. The end of […]

Jan, 20

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit *** (2014, Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley) – Movie Review

Chris Pine takes over Harrison Ford’s old role as covert CIA analyst Jack Ryan, recruited by Kevin Costner’s CIA boss man Thomas Harper, who uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist […]

Jan, 20

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