Derek Winnert

Magnolia ***** (1999, Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 319

In 2000 Tom Cruise won the Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actor and his third Oscar nomination, playing one of the dozen main characters of this brilliant, quite extraordinary multi-drama of intertwined lives unfolding one cataclysmic day in the San […]

Oct, 23 · in Reviews

Road Kill (Joy Ride) **** (2002, Paul Walker, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski) – Classic Movie Review 318

Director John Dahl’s scalding 2002 Duel-influenced chiller is an edge-of-seat, nightmarish thrill ride all the way. Paul Walker and Steve Zahn star as carefree, wisecracking brothers making a road trip across the country from Colarado to New […]

Oct, 23 · in Reviews

Happy, Texas **** (1999, Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H Macy, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas, Ron Perlman) – Classic Movie Review 317

Co-written and directed by Mark Illsley, this ingratiating 1999 comedy drama is both hilarious and skilfully done. It’s a bit naughty, but it’s very nice. There’s delicious comedy playing from the excellent Steve Zahn and Jeremy […]

Oct, 23

Hard Eight **** (1996, Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 316

Suspense, wit, atmosphere, sudden death and fine character study are the name of the game in writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb, stylish, hard-nosed 1996 thriller Hard Eight. Anderson’s feature debut is graced with the performance […]

Oct, 23

Hard Rain **** (1998, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Randy Quaid, Minnie Driver, Ed Asner) – Classic Movie Review 315

Director Mikael Salomon’s extremely well done, exciting, first-class 1998 crime thriller Hard Rain boasts a new idea at its heart and a wonderfully convincing production, achieved under the most difficult of circumstances. A storm hits […]

Oct, 23

The Hound of the Baskervilles **** (1939, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine) – Classic Film Review 314

Memorable as the first appearance of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson, the 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles is a delightful vintage mystery treat. It is the first of their 14 […]

Oct, 23

The Hound of the Baskervilles **** (1959, Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 313

‘It’s the picture about that bone-chilling HOWL!’ Director Terence Fisher’s 1959 vintage horror mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles is based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock […]

Oct, 23

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