Derek Winnert

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Lucy **** (2014, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi) – Movie Review

Game for anything, Scarlett Johansson is perfect as Lucy, an American in Taiwan whose new lover tricks her into delivering a mysterious briefcase to the terrifying gang boss Mr Jang (Min-sik Choi), who seizes her […]

Aug, 20

Beverly Hills Cop **** (1984, Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Lisa Eilbacher, Steven Berkoff, Paul Reiser, Bronson Pinchot, Jonathan Banks) – Classic Movie Review 1,566

The lean and hungry Eddie Murphy (just 23) scores a bull’s eye with the 1984 blockbuster comedy thriller film Beverly Hills Cop, bringing back the cynical, glossy flavour of the 80s. Murphy stars in his […]

Aug, 18

Detour ***** (1945, Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald) – Classic Movie Review 1,547

Edgar G Ulmer’s all-time great, flashback-driven 1945 film noir thriller Detour is a deservedly celebrated cult B-movie classic. Ann Savage stars as the venomous Vera, a walking nightmare. ‘Fate or some mysterious force can put the […]

Aug, 15

Wild Things *** (1998, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell) – Classic Movie Review 1520

Director John McNaughton’s extremely sexy, smart, twisting and teasing 1998 teen thriller perhaps doesn’t quite deliver the class A goods, but it does a very good job of gripping, amusing and entertaining a lot along […]

Aug, 05

Hostage **** (2005, Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster) – Classic Movie Review 1512

Bruce Willis is back in top gear in 2005 for his die-hard fans as a failed LAPD hostage negotiator who’s now the police chief in a small California town. When their convenience store robbery goes wrong, the three crooks […]

Aug, 03

Magnum Force **** (1973, Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich) – Classic Movie Review 1461

Clint Eastwood makes a welcome return in 1973 to his iconic role as maverick cop Inspector ‘Dirty Harry’ Callahan in Magnum Force, the first sequel to his 1971 action thriller hit Dirty Harry, this time investigating […]

Jul, 21

City by the Sea ** (2002, Robert De Niro, James Franco, Frances McDormand) – Classic Movie Review 1430

Director Michael Caton-Jones’s 2002 character-driven thriller is interesting and sometimes involving, but often surprisingly shaky. Ken Hixon writes the slightly struggling screenplay from an article, Mark of a Murderer by Mike McAlary. Well it’s more […]

Jul, 15

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