Derek Winnert

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The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas ** (2000, Mark Addy, Kristen Johnston, Stephen Baldwin, Joan Collins, Ann-Margret, Jane Krakowski, Alan Cumming, Thomas Gibson, Harvey Korman) – Classic Movie Review 3899

Britain’s Mark Addy takes over from John Goodman as Fred Flintstone, who travels to Rock Vegas where his future wife Wilma Slaghoople is pursued by playboy Chip Rockefeller (Thomas Gibson), in this soppy but happy 2000 […]

Jun, 21

Pan *** (2015, Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Cara Delevingne, Amanda Seyfried, Paul Kaye, Kathy Burke) – Movie Review

Director Joe Wright’s prequel story of an English orphan boy who is spirited away to the magical Neverland, where he looks for his long-lost mother and finds both fun and danger, is brisk, pleasant and […]

Sep, 20

Cruel Intentions 2 *** (2000, Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Mimi Rogers, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt) – Classic Movie Review 2585

Writer-director Roger Kumble’s 2000 prequel to his 1999 erotic thriller hit is a shade less good, but it is still provocative, amusing, stylish and properly hard-hearted. Set a few years before the original, it follows […]

Jun, 12

Highlander 3: The Sorcerer *** (1994, Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Deborah Kara Unger) – Classic Movie Review 2333

Director Andrew Morahan’s 1994 second Highlander sequel is a fast-paced sci-fi fantasy action adventure thriller, with Christopher Lambert back for his fun third turn as the sword-fighting immortal Connor MacLeod. Melvin Van Peebles enlivens things […]

Mar, 30

Annabelle ** (2014, Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard) – Movie Review

Ward Horton and Annabelle Wallis stars as John Gordon and his expectant wife Mia, to whom the husband gifts an ugly, sinister-looking old doll as a token of his love. This creepy doll is Annabelle from the 2013 […]

Oct, 09

X-Men: Days of Future Past *** (2014, Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Halle Berry, Evan Peters, Peter Dinklage, Nicholas Hoult, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Lucas Till) – Movie Review

Director Bryan Singer returns after a long gap following his first two X-Men movies for what is billed as ‘the ultimate X-Men ensemble’. That’s enough to get hearts racing out of control among the squillions […]

May, 14

Red Dragon ***** (2002, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel) – Classic Movie Review 74

Anthony Hopkins is back to relish his role as Dr Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter in this extremely smart and tasty 2002 horror movie prequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001). The […]

Jul, 20

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