Derek Winnert

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The Saint * (1997, Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Alun Armstrong) – 2015 Classic Movie Review 3229

‘Never reveal your name. Never turn your back. Never surrender your heart.’ Val Kilmer is totally miscast as Simon Templar in director Phillip Noyce‘s misbegotten 1997 cinema attempt to revive The Saint. It co-stars Elisabeth […]

Jan, 04

Dr Mabuse, The Gambler [Dr Mabuse, Der Spieler] ***** (1922, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Bernhard Goetzke, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker) – Classic Movie Review 2988

Co-writer/director Fritz Lang’s 1922 German movie is a highly acclaimed and much admired classic of silent cinema. It stars Rudolf Klein-Rogge as the mad master arch-criminal Dr Mabuse, who plans to run Berlin and then rule […]

Oct, 17

Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle ** (2003, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Demi Moore, John Cleese, Bernie Mac, Rodrigo Santoro) – Classic Movie Review 2913

The angelic babes are back in director McG’s 2003 sequel to his 2000 Charlie’s Angels, larking around again to our hearts content as Charlie’s girls in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. This frothy follow-up starts where […]

Sep, 16

Casanova ***½ (2005, Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons, Oliver Platt, Lena Olin) – Classic Movie Review 2131

Though hardly the most obvious casting, Aussie boy Heath Ledger is sexy, amusing and likeable as vintage Italian lover Giacomo Casanova in director Lasse Hallström’s lightweight but entertaining 2005 American romantic period romp Casanova, loosely based […]

Jan, 29

Sylvia Scarlett **** (1935, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn)) – Classic Movie Review 1,260

George Cukor’s 1935 romantic comedy adventure film Sylvia Scarlett stars Katharine Hepburn the title role of a female con artist who disguises herself as a boy to escape the police.  Director George Cukor’s 1935 romantic […]

May, 27

Men in Black II [MIIB] *** (2002, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn ) – Classic Movie Review 632

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are back in 2002 to kick more alien butt in director Barry Sonnenfeld’s wild, wacky and welcome sequel to the 1997 blockbuster Men in Black. Columbia Pictures and Amblin […]

Jan, 05

Parker ***½ (2013, Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, Nick Nolte, Patti LuPone, Clifton Collins Jr, Bobby Cannavale, Emma Booth) – Movie Review

Jason Statham completely nails the role of ruthless, ultra-resourceful crook Parker in director Taylor Hackford’s pounding, pacy 2013 epic action thriller, based on ace crime writer Donald Westlake’s story. It delivers exactly what it says […]

Jun, 17

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