Derek Winnert

Urban Legend *** (1998, Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Robert Englund, Brad Dourif, Rebecca Gayheart, Loretta Devine, Joshua Jackson, John Neville, Tara Reid) – Classic Movie Review 629

Aussie director Jamie Blanks makes his feature film debut with Urban Legend, an intriguing 1998 entry in the Nineties new wave of in-joke horror thrillers. Somebody is acting out urban legends at a New England […]

Jan, 05 · in Reviews

La Dolce Vita ***** (1960, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lex Barker, Nadia Gray) – Classic Movie Review 628

Co-writer/director Federico Fellini infamously dissects the decadent life of Rome in 1960, a world populated by cynical journalists and dissolute, disillusioned people like bored socialite Maddalena (Anouk Aimée), sexpot film star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) and strip-teasing countess […]

Jan, 05 · in Reviews

Nights of Cabiria [Le Notti di Cabiria] ***** (1957, Giulietta Masina, Amedeo Nazzari, François Périer, Franca Marzi) – Classic Movie Review 627

Italian maestro director Federico Fellini’s 1957 classic won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 1958 Academy Awards. This admittedly sentimental drama about waifish Italian prostitute Maria ‘Cabiria’ Ceccarelli (Giulietta Masina), a wide-eyed streetwalker […]

Jan, 04

A Nightmare on Elm Street **** (1984, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, John Saxon, Johnny Depp, Amanda Wyss, Nick Corri, Ronee Blakley) – Classic Movie Review 626

Wisecracking, dream-stalking, hacking slasher Freddy Krueger makes his terrifying screen début in 1984, slicing and dicing his way through teenagers’ nightmares in a welter of gags and gore, in A Nightmare on Elm Street. Robert […]

Jan, 04

10 Things I Hate About You **** (1999, Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – Classic Movie Review 625

The 18-year-old Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Cameron James, a new student at Padua High, who soon spots Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik), a beautiful sophomore with one problem: her dad (Larry Miller) won’t allow her to date. […]

Jan, 04

Two Hands **** (1999, Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, Susie Porter, David Field, Steven Vidler, Tom Long, Tony Forrow, Dale Kalnins) – Classic Movie Review 624

‘It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash.’ The 20-year-old Heath Ledger makes a strong early impression on his way to stardom in writer-director Gregor Jordan’s taut, atmospheric, flashy-looking little 1999 Australian lowlife urban crime thriller. […]

Jan, 04

A Knight’s Tale **** (2001, Heath Ledger, Mark Addy, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Alan Tudyk, James Purefoy) – Classic Movie Review 623

Heath Ledger gives a charismatic turn as a floppy-haired beach boy in knight’s armour in writer-director Brian Helgeland’s 2001 rousing swashbuckling saga. This irreverent, infectiously exuberant Knight’s Tale provides lots of jolly entertainment and high […]

Jan, 04

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