Derek Winnert

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Total Recall ****½ (1990, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 2028

Both director Paul Verhoeven and his star Arnold Schwarzenegger are on or very near their best form for this exhilarating 1990 science-fiction thriller, a clever mix of bright ideas, involving plot, witty satire and violent […]

Jan, 01

The Butterfly Effect **** (2004, Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters) – Classic Movie Review 1888

Ashton Kutcher’s teen fans are in for a shock with writer-director Eric Bress and J Mackye Gruber’s 2004 sci-fi thriller. Kutcher dumps his big smile and goofy comedies in favour of frowns, a scruffy beard […]

Nov, 27

Carla’s Song *** (1996, Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn) – Classic Movie Review 1849

  Robert Carlyle brings all his charisma to director Ken Loach’s tricky 1996 tale of Glasgow bus driver George Lennox who in 1987 woos a Nicaraguan refugee (Oyanka Cabezas) and goes to her country to find […]

Nov, 16

Paycheck **** (2003, Ben Affleck, Uma Thurman, Aaron Eckhart, Colm Feore) – Classic Movie Review 1721

Ben Affleck erases memories of his 2003 turkey Gigli with his mind-blowing turn as Michael Jennings, a high-tech reverse engineer hunted by an evil corporation, in director John Woo’s dazzlingly smart and stylish 2003 sci-fi […]

Sep, 30

Unforgettable * (1996, Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote) – Classic Movie Review 1618

John Dahl, the director of the neo film noir modern classics Kill Me Again, Red Rock West and The Last Seduction, comes a cropper this time with this, ironically, totally forgettable 1996 sci-fi mystery thriller. […]

Sep, 01

Last Orders ***½ (2001, Michael Caine, Ray Winstone, Helen Mirren, Bob Hoskins, David Hemmings, Tom Courtenay) – Classic Movie Review 1363

Writer-director Fred Schepisi bases his touching 2001 film on the acclaimed novel by Graham Swift. Ray, Lenny, Vic and Vince, four long-time old drinking pals travel to Margate to cast the ashes of their buddy, London […]

Jun, 27

The Prince of Tides ***½ (1991, Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Jason Gould, Jeroen Krabbé, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Melinda Dillon, George Carlin) – Classic Movie Review 1303

Producer-director-star Barbra Streisand’s troubled 1991 romance is an infuriating half-success of a movie, with enough good stuff to make it attractive and appealing, but also enough to suggest the much better movie it could have been. […]

Jun, 07

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