Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "remake"

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The Day the Earth Stood Still *** (2008, Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, Jon Hamm, Kyle Chandler, Robert Knepper, James Hong) – Classic Movie Review 4519

Keanu Reeves stars as human-like alien Klaatu, originally played by Michael Rennie, in director Scott Derrickson’s tense, exciting and surprisingly good big-budget remake of the beloved 1951 sci-fi classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still. Jennifer […]

Oct, 24

Sorcerer ** (1977, Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri) – Classic Movie Review 4507

William Friedkin’s 1977 box-office flop American remake of the 1953 French classic thriller The Wages of Fear is an extravagant and sometimes impressive movie. Roy Scheider makes a useful hero, but Sorcerer is not a […]

Oct, 22

The Magnificent Seven ** (2016, Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Haley Bennett) – Movie Review

Denzel Washington and Vincent D’Onofrio give outstandingly strong performances in director Antoine Fuqua’s sturdy and sometimes impressive remake of the classic 1960 Western, The Magnificent Seven. However, Peter Sarsgaard is a lot less convincing in […]

Oct, 02

Tower of London ** (1962, Vincent Price, Michael Pate, Joan Freeman, Robert Brown) – Classic Movie Review 4439

Director Roger Corman’s typically cost-cutting and cheerful 1962 remake of the 1939 film Tower of London this time stars Vincent Price, who has a grand old time as Richard of Gloucester who kills those in […]

Oct, 01

The Stepfather *** (2009, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard) – Classic Movie Review 4,416

The 2009 American psychological horror film remake The Stepfather stars Dylan Walsh as a scary schizo serial killer who sets up home with fatherless families, and then slaughters the lot. Director Nelson McCormick’s 2009 American psychological […]

Sep, 26

Assault on Precinct 13 ***½ (2005, Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne, Ja Rule, Maria Bello, Drea de Matteo, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo) – Classic Movie Review 4353

Ethan Hawke again proves he can play a tough cop as Sgt Jake Roenick, the useful hero of the brilliantly tense 2005 action thriller film remake Assault on Precinct 13. After Training Day (2001), Ethan […]

Sep, 12

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey *** (1993, Robert Hayes, Kim Griest, Jean Smart, voices Michael J Fox, Sally Field, Don Ameche) – Classic Movie Review 4351

Walt Disney Pictures’s sweet, amusing and engrossing 1993 family movie remake of its 1963 wildlife hit The Incredible Journey re-tells the tale of a trio of pets, two dogs and a cat, trekking across mountains, […]

Sep, 12

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