Derek Winnert

The Fugitive **** (1993, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward) – Classic Movie Review 597

Harrison Ford teaches a masterclass in acting grim in David Janssen’s famed Sixties TV role as the fugitive Dr Richard Kimble in director Andrew Davis’s thrilling 1993 action movie, motoring on terrific suspense, relentless pace and dynamic […]

Dec, 30 · in Reviews

US Marshals ***½ (1998, Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr, Joe Pantoliano, Irène Jacob, Kate Nelligan, Patrick Malahide) – Classic Movie Review 596

In 1998 Tommy Lee Jones enjoyably re-creates his Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winning role from the 1993 The Fugitive as US federal marshal Sam Gerard in this pacy, solidly entertaining, if slightly less thrilling sequel to […]

Dec, 30 · in Reviews

Double Jeopardy **** (1999, Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 595

The charming but slimy Nick Parsons (played by Bruce Greenwood) frames his nice wife Libby (Ashley Judd) for a killing – himself! She’s tried and convicted of murder and sent to prison. But in jail she […]

Dec, 30

Desperado **** (1995, Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida ) – Classic Movie Review 594

Though writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s 1995 movie masquerades as a sequel to his prize-winning breakthrough independent movie El Mariachi (1992), this is actually more or less a big-budget remake. Antonio Banderas successfully takes over the role of the […]

Dec, 30

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape **** (1993, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen) – Classic Movie Review 593

Director Lasse Hallström‘s deliciously sweet movie from 1993 is an enormously appealing heart-warmer. In a bit of a potential minefield, it doesn’t ever put a foot wrong. Johnny Depp stars as Gilbert Grape, who lives in Endora, […]

Dec, 30

The Aviator *** (2004, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin) – Classic Movie Review 592

Director Martin Scorsese’s patchy, rambling and overlong 2004 biopic of legendary film director and plane and movie mogul Howard Hughes is sometimes  hard work, and nothing new emerges. But it re-tells a story most people won’t know […]

Dec, 30

The Blair Witch Project *** (1999, Heather Donahue, Michael C Williams, Joshua Leonard) – Classic Movie Review 590

If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise when the hills are alive with the scares of witches. Writer-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez manipulated the internet and the […]

Dec, 29

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