Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "corpse"

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Rising Sun *** (1993, Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson, Mako, Ray Wise) – Classic Movie Review 8985

Director Philip Kaufman’s smart 1993 action crime thriller Rising Sun is based on a novel by Michael Crichton and stars Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, who form an entertaining odd-couple partnership as LA detectives Captain […]

Oct, 15

The Doctor and the Devils * (1985, Timothy Dalton, Jonathan Pryce, Twiggy) – Classic Movie Review 8777

Director Freddie Francis’s 1985 British horror movie The Doctor and the Devils is a disappointing sub-Hammer Films-style tale, based on the exploits of the infamous Edinburgh grave-robbers Burke and Hare. It is interesting as an […]

Jul, 30

It! ** (1967, Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell) – Classic Movie Review 7292

‘He who in the 20th century shall dare evoke me, beware, for neither by fire, nor water, nor force, nor anything by man created can I be destroyed.’ Producer, screenwriter, director Herbert J Leder’s 1967 […]

Jul, 15

Mystery Date ** (1991, Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, B D Wong) – Classic Movie Review 5294

Director Jonathan Wacks’s 1991 teen romantic comedy crime drama stars the young Ethan Hawke, who is good as gawky, gauche teenage kid Tom McHugh, who fancies the cute blonde girl next door, Geena Matthews (Teri […]

Apr, 15

Mystery of the Wax Museum **** (1933, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, Frank McHugh) – Classic Movie Review 5,024

The gruesomely atmospheric 1933 horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum stars Lionel Atwill as Ivan Igor, the scarred museum owner with human wax-covered models. The beautiful restoration of the two-colour Technicolor film reveals it […]

Feb, 13

The Gift ***½ (2000, Cate Blanchett, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Michael Jeter, Giovanni Ribisi, Kim Dickens, Gary Cole, Rosemary Harris, J K Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 4792

Keanu Reeves grabs his chance to show his bad side and to do a spot of acting, which he does quite impressively. In this one he plays a really unpleasant piece of work called Donnie […]

Dec, 18

In the Electric Mist *** (2009, Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard, Mary Steenburgen, Kelly Macdonald, Justina Machado, Ned Beatty, James Gammon) – Classic Movie Review 4624

Tommy Lee Jones is at his excellent haunted best in a tailor-made role as Dave Robicheaux, a Louisiana cop who finds a connection between the New Orleans murder of a prostitute and the discovery of […]

Nov, 09

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