Derek Winnert

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty **** (1947, Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff) – Classic Film Review 527

The 1947 comedy gem The Secret Life of Walter Mitty turned out to be one of Danny Kaye’s finest and most enjoyed films. It’s simple humour from a different era, but it is still sweet […]

Dec, 15 · in Reviews

Collateral **** (2004, Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Irma P Hall) – Classic Movie Review 529

Director Michael (Heat, Ali, Manhunter) Mann’s very, very good 2004 existential crime thriller tantalisingly conjures up memories of European film noir art movies, especially those of Jean-Pierre Melville. It boasts a fine screenplay by Stuart […]

Dec, 15 · in Reviews

Batman and Robin *** (1997, George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 524

Director Joel Schumacher’s critically bashed 1997 effort is his sequel to his 1995 Batman Forever. Unfortunately, Batman and Robin is everybody’s least favourite Batman movie, but it does at least look a treat and have an […]

Dec, 15

Batman ***** (1989, Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Jack Palance, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 528

No superlatives are too extravagant for director Tim Burton’s 1989 triumph. It is a dazzling comic-book film for sophisticated adults and fanboys who love the mysterious vision, dark force, sinister world, doom-laden mood and weird, vengeful characters […]

Dec, 15

Batman Forever ***½ (1995, Val Kilmer, Chris O’Donnell, Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 523

Batman returns for an enjoyable third outing in Joel Schumacher’s 1995 movie Batman Forever. There’s a new Dark Knight in Val Kilmer, a new pal in Chris O’Donnell’s Robin and two new villains – Tommy […]

Dec, 15

War of the Worlds **** (2005, Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 525

Relentlessly efficient, hyper-adrenalin-charged and with seamless special effects, director Steven Spielberg’s chilling, heart-pounding monster movie took its rightful place as the 2005 summer number one blockbuster. Loosely based on the novel by H G Wells, it […]

Dec, 15

Superman *** (1978, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine) – Classic Movie Review 522

The ambitious, costly, awesome-looking and entertaining 1978 first film in the original four-part Superman saga stars Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando and Valerie Perrine. Though ambitious, costly, awesome-looking and entertaining, director Richard […]

Dec, 14

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