Derek Winnert

Manhunter ***** (1986, William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Stephen Lang) – Classic Movie Review 136

Michael Mann’s much-admired 1986 thriller film Manhunter is dark, dangerous and scary. Brian Cox plays the jailed cannibal serial killer Hannibal, asked to help FBI agent Will Graham (William Petersen) catch the Tooth Fairy (Tom […]

Aug, 08 · in Reviews

Hannibal ***** (2001, Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Giancarlo Giannini, Ray Liotta) – Classic Movie Review 135

Ray Liotta is a splendidly sweaty villain as nasty FBI boss Paul Krendler, who makes the fatal mistake of being rude to Clarice, in the 2001 horror film Hannibal. ‘It’s distress that excites him.’ Thomas […]

Aug, 08 · in Reviews

Rashomon ***** (1950, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori) – Classic Movie Review 134

Writer-director Akira Kurosawa’s and his country Japan’s breakthrough into world cinema is his great Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film (1952). It was also the winner of the 1951 Golden Lion best film award at the […]

Aug, 07

Once Upon a Time in Mexico – Classic Film Review 133

  Guns blazing, the brilliant and amazingly resourceful hitman El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) blasts everyone in his way of trying to protect Mexico’s president. Robert Rodriguez’s follow-up to El Mariachi and Desperado is a super-stylish […]

Aug, 07

2 Guns **** (2013, Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, James Marsden, Edward James Olmos, Bill Paxton) – Movie Review

Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg chat away inconsequentially, Tarantino-style, in a diner, discussing meals and donuts while they plan to rob the sleepy bank across the road. But nothing is what it seems in this […]

Aug, 07

The American Friend [Der Amerikanische Freund] **** (1977, Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain) – Classic Movie Review 132

Patricia Highsmith’s brilliant, nail-biting 1974 bestselling thriller novel Ripley’s Game becomes Wim Wenders’s impressively slick and dark-toned 1977 film The American Friend [Der Amerikanische Freund]. Dennis Hopper stars as the talented Mr Tom Ripley. ‘There’s […]

Aug, 07

The Sixth Sense ***** (1999, Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment) – Classic Movie Review 131

‘I see dead people’ – Cole Sear. Bruce Willis gives one of his best ever performances in this captivating, chilling and unique 1999 suspense thriller with a unique take, a brilliantly stylish way of going […]

Aug, 06

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