Derek Winnert

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Alien: Resurrection **** (1997, Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, J E Freeman, Brad Dourif) – Classic Movie Review 192

‘It’s already too late!’ – film poster. ‘My mommy always said there were no monsters. No real ones. But there are.’ – Ripley. Earning $11 million, a muscled-up Sigourney Weaver is back for Alien: Resurrection as […]

Aug, 26

Mars Attacks! **** (1996, Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Sylvia Sidney, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman, Rod Steiger, Martin Short, Tom Jones, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Michael J Fox, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Lisa Marie) – Classic Movie Review 168

‘Nice planet. We’ll take it!’ A flying saucer buzzes round the Warner Brothers logo, the US President announces Martians have been spotted circling Earth, but the bug-eyed guys claim ‘We come in peace!’ Phew, that’s […]

Aug, 17

The Thing From Another World ***** (1951, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness) – Classic Movie Review 54

‘Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!’ This distinguished, influential and imaginatively staged 1951 vintage sci-fi horror thriller, remade by John Carpenter with Kurt Russell as The Thing in 1982, is still a […]

Jul, 15

The Thing ***** (1982, Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, David Clennon) – Classic Movie Review 53

Director John Carpenter’s stylish and classy 1982 remake of director Christian Nyby and producer Howard Hawks’s 1951 horror classic The Thing From Another World sizzles with menace, atmosphere and tension. It’s a great monster movie. […]

Jul, 15

Alien 3 **** (1992, Sigourney Weaver, Charles S Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Lance Henriksen, Philip Davis) – Classic Movie Review 43

It’s 1992, and Sigourney Weaver returns with a scary Sinead O’Connor haircut for her spectacular supposedly final battle with the seemingly indestructible Alien on an ore refinery prison planet where she has crash landed in […]

Jul, 11

Aliens ***** (1986, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser) – Classic Movie Review 38

Sigourney Weaver’s Flight Officer Ripley, victorious in her battle against the monster in the original 1979 Alien, is rescued from space and returns home 57 years after the first movie. She is talked into bringing the […]

Jul, 09

Alien ***** (1979, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto) – Classic Movie Review 20

Ridley Scott’s nail-biting, astonishing-looking 1979 sci-fi thriller Alien is a masterpiece of shocks, scares and suspense. It is infamous now, of course, for its terrifying monster that grows in crewman John Hurt’s stomach. The nasty […]

Jul, 05

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