Derek Winnert

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The Life of David Gale **** (2003, Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney) – Classic Movie Review 1877

Kevin Spacey’s on top silkily sinister form as David Gale, a one-time campaigner against the death penalty, who is now a Death Row prisoner granting a final interview to keen young reporter Bitsey Bloom (played by Kate Winslet). […]

Nov, 23

The Big Easy **** (1986, Dennis Quaid, Ellen Barkin, Ned Beatty) – Classic Movie Review 1855

Director Jim McBride’s hot and fresh 1986 erotic crime thriller stars Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin in their prime and on their peak form. They show they have the sexual chemistry to make screenwriter Daniel […]

Nov, 18

Blood Work ** (2002, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston) – Classic Movie Review 1827

Producer-director-star Clint Eastwood pairs with screen writer Brian Helgeland, the highly skilled and talented writer of L.A. Confidential, for this wearily convoluted 2002 thriller about Terry McCaleb, a retired FBI profiler (Eastwood), with a heart […]

Nov, 10

Narc **** (2002, Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Krista Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 1824

Writer-director Joe Carnahan’s 2002 movie is a commendably tough, intelligent and convincing Seventies-style police thriller. At long last there is a good role for Jason Patric as Nick Tellis, a Detroit PD ex-drugs cop reassigned when […]

Nov, 09

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan ** (1989, Jensen Daggett, Kane Hodder, Todd Caldecott ) – Classic Movie Review 1817

Friday the 13th Part VIII is a typically bloody and repetitious stalk and slash horror movie, in which stowaway hockey masked serial killer Jason Voorhees (again played by Kane Hodder) systematically tries to murder an entire graduating […]

Nov, 07

The Man Who Wasn’t There **** (2001, Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 1765

The tenth movie from the Coen Brothers in 2001 sees them returning to the Forties-style film-noir terrain of their debut film, Blood Simple, in a clever, atmospheric, compellingly twisting tale of infidelity, blackmail and death. Billy […]

Oct, 12

Head Over Heels ** (2001, Monica Potter, Freddie Prinze Jr, Shalom Harlow) – Classic Movie Review 1757

  Freddie Prinze Jr falls for Monica Potter against the background of New York’s world of fashion in this amusingly girly comedy. Art restorer Amanda (Potter) finds she has supermodels (Shalom Harlow, Ivana Milicevic, Sarah […]

Oct, 11

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