Derek Winnert

About Time *** (2013, Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Margot Robbie, Tom Hollander) – Movie Review

Domhnall Gleeson stars as a nice middle-class 21-year-old English lad, Tim, who, the night after another bad New Year party at his idyllic family home in Cornwall, is told a big fat, thrilling secret by his […]

Sep, 06 · in Reviews

Gattaca **** (1997, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law) – Classic Movie Review 226

It’s the near-distant future. Bookish hero Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) overcomes his physical frailties like his weak heart and poor eyesight by taking on the characteristics of a foreign superman Jerome Morrow (Jude Law) who’s […]

Sep, 06 · in Reviews

Heat ***** (1995, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora) – Classic Movie Review 225

Al Pacino’s LA cop Lieutenant Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro’s master thief Neil McCauley battle it out in Michael Mann’s brilliant cat-and-mouse epic gangster thriller film Heat. Val Kilmer plays crew member Chris Shiherlis. […]

Sep, 05

Seven Samurai ***** (1954, Toshiro Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi) – Classic Movie Review 224

Director Akira Kurosawa’s beloved, world-famous 1954 Japanese epic is the quintessential samurai masterpiece and, arguably, the first modern action movie. Made during the country’s golden age of cinema after WW2, it also has a strong claim […]

Sep, 05

Sleepy Hollow **** (1999, Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 223

Director Tim Burton brings us a new nightmare in 1999 – well, an old one, dressed to kill – in this chilling, live-action remake of the 1949 Walt Disney cartoon The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. […]

Sep, 05

From Hell **** (2001, Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 222

Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this 2001 real-life Victorian melodrama suspense thriller from The Hughes Brothers Albert and Allen plays like a very loose unofficial remake of Bob Clark’s […]

Sep, 05

Farinelli ****½ (1994, Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Jeroen Krabbé) – Classic Movie Review 221

Serious music lovers will be in heaven with this incredibly sumptuous, extraordinarily moving and beautifully produced 1994 costume drama biopic about the castrato Farinelli, aka Carlo Broschi (played by Stefano Dionisi), the 18th century’s most celebrated singer. […]

Sep, 04

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