Derek Winnert

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Copland [Cop Land] **** (1997, Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro) – Classic Movie Review 910

Writer-director James Mangold’s 1997 thinking-person’s thriller finds Sylvester Stallone giving his best display of acting for years as Sheriff Freddy Heflin, a tubby, hard-of-hearing New Jersey cop who uncovers a deadly web of police corruption […]

Mar, 17

The Hole *** (2001, Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox, Embeth Davidtz) – Classic Movie Review 891

Director Nick Hamm’s 2001 British thriller focuses on three rebellious Brit school friends, Mike, Frankie and Geoff, who escape the tedium of a school geography field trip to Wales by hiding in an abandoned old bomb-shelter […]

Mar, 10

Kiss the Girls *** (1997, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Bill Nunn, Jeremy Piven, Brian Cox, Mena Suvari, Roma Maffia) – Classic Movie Review 889

The compelling 1997 thriller film Kiss the Girls stars Morgan Freeman as detective Alex Cross, who desperately follows the case in North Carolina of the abduction of his niece. Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes and Brian […]

Mar, 09

RoboCop 3 ** (1993, Nancy Allen, Robert John Burke, Mario Machado, Rip Torn) – Classic Movie Review 810

In director Fred Dekker’s 1993 second sequel, Robert [John] Burke takes over from Peter Weller as the cyborg cop, who this time takes on ruthless developers who want to evict people on the land they’ve […]

Feb, 07

RoboCop 2 *** (1990, Peter Weller, Belinda Bauer, John Glover) – Classic Movie Review 809

After his big 1987 hit RoboCop, Peter Weller is back again in 1990 as Alex Murphy, the half-man, half machine cop in the snazzy metal suit, with his tough partner, macho lady cop Officer Anne Lewis […]

Feb, 07

RoboCop **** (1987, Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O’Herlihy, Kurtwood Smith, Ronny Cox, Miguel Ferrer) – Classic Movie Review 808

Director Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 poundingly exciting sci-fi action thriller boasts a great premise and a spectacular role and snazzy cyborg suit for Peter Weller as Alex Murphy, the futureworld Detroit cop who is blown to […]

Feb, 06

Strange Days *** (1995, Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Film Review 760

Britain’s Ralph Fiennes is oddly cast as American ex-cop turned cynical cyberpunk Lenny Nero in a sea of troubles in director Kathryn Bigelow’s nastily violent ‘apocalypse soon’ sci-fi thriller, made in 1995 but set cannily […]

Jan, 27

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