Derek Winnert

Seven [Se7en] ***** (1995, Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey) – Classic Movie Review 19

Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are perfectly cast as contrasting cops in this startlingly bleak, edgy and shocking 1995 thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout and haunt you for […]

Jul, 05 · in Reviews

The Birds ***** (1963, Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, Veronica Cartwright) – Classic Movie Review 18

Based on a tale by Daphne du Maurier, author of two other of his film adaptations, Rebecca and Jamaica Inn, the 1963 horror mystery drama The Birds is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most distinguished, unnerving […]

Jul, 04 · in Reviews

The Bourne Identity ***** (2002, Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 17

Matt Damon plays tough spy Jason Bourne to the manner born in the 2002 movie The Bourne Identity. Bourne just wants to live long enough to discover his identity but he’s being hunted by Chris […]

Jul, 04

M ***** (1931, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 16

Peter Lorre’s star-making début is showcased in Fritz Lang’s still mint-fresh and relevant, 1931 classic crime thriller, with an intelligent, thought-provoking script developing a particularly troubling and deeply disturbing story. It’s deservedly famous as the […]

Jul, 04

Seven Psychopaths **** (2012, Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Tom Waits) – Movie Review

‘Put your hands up.’ ‘No.’ ‘What?’ ‘I said no.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘I don’t want to.’ ‘But I’ve got a gun.’ ‘I don’t care.’ ‘That doesn’t make any sense.’ ‘Too bad!’ With its delicious, ultra-witty script […]

Jul, 04

Plein Soleil [Purple Noon] **** (1960, Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt) – Classic Movie Review 173

The simmering, shimmering 1960 French crime thriller film Plein Soleil [Purple Noon] memorably stars Alain Delon as Tom Ripley, a mimic, moocher and murderer. The simmering, shimmering 1960 French crime thriller film Plein Soleil [Purple […]

Jul, 04

Stories We Tell – Film Review

Actress and film-maker Sarah Polley (Away from Her, Take This Waltz) turns her cameras with a blinding light on her own family as she probes what really happened with them back in the 1970s, interviewing […]

Jul, 03

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