Derek Winnert

No Country for Old Men ***** (2007, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin) – Classic Movie Review 334

The Coen Brothers’ sensational, sizzling 2007 crime thriller film No Country for Old Men won four Oscars, was their biggest hit so far, and was undoubtedly the movie of the year. Certainly the Academy Award […]

Oct, 27 · in Reviews

Fight Club ***** (1999, Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto) – Classic Film Review 333

‘The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club.’ British director David Fincher’s brilliant 1999 cult movie satire Fight Club is a totally shocking, disturbing, adrenaline pumping and provocative experience. […]

Oct, 27 · in Reviews

After Dark, My Sweet **** (1990, Jason Patric, Rachel Ward, Bruce Dern) – Classic Film Review 332  

In 1990, James Foley wrote and directed the top-notch neo noir film tale of kidnapping and double-cross After Dark, My Sweet, flawlessly adapted from Jim Thompson’s hardboiled novel. ‘When a man stops caring what happens, all the strain […]

Oct, 27

After Hours **** (1985, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Verna Bloom) – Classic Movie Review 331

Largely forgotten actor Griffin Dunne stars as a computer programmer who finds his casual date with a  young woman exploding in his face. His one rash decision turns immediately into a surreal nightmare of mistaken […]

Oct, 27

Priest **** (1994, Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle) – Classic Movie Review 330

Director Antonia Bird’s outstanding 1994 drama about a young, idealistic priest, Father Greg Pilkington (Linus Roache), who is struggling between his Catholic calling and his homosexuality, is extremely moving, persuasive and thought provoking. Arriving in […]

Oct, 27

Ravenous **** (1999, Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer) – Classic Film Review 329

Director Antonia Bird’s uniquely disturbing 1999 movie with its crypto-vampire story is a brilliant, astonishing one-off. A black comedy horror thriller in a Western setting, it matches Robert Carlyle’s nasty human-meat-eater against Guy Pearce’s nice reformed […]

Oct, 27

Face **** (1997, Robert Carlyle, Steven Waddington, Ray Winstone, Philip Davis, Damon Albarn) – Classic Movie Review 328

A London gang’s ramraid heist on a money-counting depot goes to plan for a change. But it turns out one of their number is a traitor. Who’s the rotten apple? Criminal with a conscience, ex-socialist […]

Oct, 27

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