Derek Winnert

Summer of Sam **** (1999, John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli, Ben Gazzara, Anthony LaPaglia) – Classic Movie Review 469

There’s panic, fear and distrust in the streets as a real-life serial killer maniac called Son of Sam is on the loose, stalking the streets of New York in the long, hot summer of 1977. Director […]

Dec, 04 · in Reviews

Mystic River ***** (2003, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon) – Classic Movie Review 468

Sean Penn won a well-deserved best actor Oscar as Jimmy Markum, a Boston ex-con who takes the law into his own hands when he thinks one of his childhood buddies, Dave Boyle, has murdered his teenage […]

Dec, 04 · in Reviews

Stranger by the Lake [L’inconnu du lac] **** (2013, Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte) – Film Review

The 2013 French thriller Stranger by the Lake comes with kind words by Tilda Swinton: ‘A breathtakingly swoony study in wicked tension, the romance of danger, and real erotic yearning.’ Pierre Deladonchamps stars in Stranger […]

Dec, 04

2 Fast 2 Furious *** (2003, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes, Ludacris, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 467

John Singleton directs 2 Fast 2 Furious, the more than welcome 2003 follow-up to the 2001 surprise hit, The Fast and the Furious. All the spotlight is on Paul Walker this time as he roars […]

Dec, 02

Timeline * (2003, Paul Walker, Frances O’Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, Anna Friel) – So Bad It’s Good 5

The 2003 science fiction adventure film Timeline is based on a novel by Michael Crichton, and stars Paul Walker, Frances O’Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis and Anna Friel. That’s the good news, but a […]

Dec, 02

The Skulls *** (2000, Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper, Leslie Bibb, Christopher McDonald, Steve Harris, William Petersen, Craig T Nelson) – Classic Movie Review 466

Joshua Jackson stars as Luke McNamara, a naive but ambitious, upwardly mobile college senior student from a working class background, aiming to gain acceptance into Harvard Law. He is persuaded to join a posh, elitist college secret […]

Dec, 02

Varsity Blues *** (1999, James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Amy Smart, Richard Lineback) – Classic Movie Review 465

James Van Der Beek makes a pleasant high-school hero in the jolly 1999 American coming-of-age sports comedy drama film Varsity Blues about five football players put to the test as they bid to be heroes in a […]

Dec, 02

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