Derek Winnert

The Anderson Tapes **** (1971, Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam, Christopher Walken, Alan King, Ralph Meeker, Val Avery) – Classic Movie Review 571

Sean Connery, with hair!, is on riveting form as ex-convict Duke Anderson, who is under surveillance in New York City after serving 10 years for safe-breaking. He visits his old girlfriend Ingrid (Dyan Cannon) and conceives […]

Dec, 23 · in Reviews

Elektra ** (2005, Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Lee) – Classic Movie Review 570

In the 2005 spinoff from the 2003 Daredevil, Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck)’s sidekick Elektra (Jennifer Garner) is resurrected after her seemingly mortal wounds incurred in the first movie. As well as a good and lovely […]

Dec, 23 · in Reviews

Scrooged **** (1988, Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Carol Kane, Robert Mitchum, Anne Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 566

Bill Murray gives a splendidly sour and grumpy star turn as Frank Cross, a hateful, curmudgeonly, Scrooge-like American TV executive, in the 1988 comedy film Scrooged. Bill Murray gives a splendidly sour and grumpy star […]

Dec, 23

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation *** (1989, Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki) – Classic Movie Review 569

Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo welcome in a disaster-strewn Griswold-style Christmas with their two kids (Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis), in their third Vacation movie. Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo welcome in a disaster-strewn Griswold-style Christmas […]

Dec, 23

Gregory’s Girl ***** (1980, John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan) – Classic Movie Review 568

The 19-year-old John Gordon Sinclair (confusingly billed as Gordon John Sinclair) stars in Gregory’s Girl (1980) as gangly, spotty, day-dreaming 15-year-old Scottish New Town schoolboy with a passion for a schoolgirl soccer star Dorothy (Dee […]

Dec, 23

Catwoman ** (2004, Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 567

Directed by Pitof in 2004, this Batman spinoff, using the comic book characters of Bob Kane, was eagerly awaited but turned out to be only passable and a bit of a damp squib. Inheriting the mantle […]

Dec, 22

Batman Returns ****½ (1992, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 565

Michael Keaton returns to re-create his splendidly chilling turn as the Dark Knight in director Tim Burton’s very welcome, alluring 1992 sequel to his 1989 Batman triumph. Maybe Batman Returns (1992) is not quite as […]

Dec, 22

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