Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "remake"

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Pete’s Dragon ***½ (2016, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence) – Movie Review

Disney’s ecologically minded and morally minded remake of its 1977 classic Pete’s Dragon is an odd little film but it is sweet and I liked it. Though warm, friendly, down-home and old fashioned Americana, it is quite […]

Aug, 12

Willard *** (2003, Crispin Glover, R Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs) – Classic Movie Review 4091

At long last, a great role for Crispin Glover in writer-director Glen Morgan’s sharp, stylish and thoroughly enjoyable 2003 remake of the 1971 chiller in which he has the part of his life as Willard […]

Jul, 27

The Browning Version ** (1994, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Matthew Modine, Julian Sands, Greta Scacchi, Ben Silverstone, Maryam D’Abo) – Classic Movie Review 4013

Albert Finney tries very hard in director Mike Figgis’s completely unwanted 1994 remake of The Browning Version, the fine 1951 film version of Terence Rattigan’s touching one-act play. It is now way out of its time, […]

Jul, 13

Ghostbusters ** (2016, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth) – Movie Review

Based on Ivan Reitman’s 1984 classic Ghostbusters, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, co-writer / director Paul Feig’s 2016 remake is two hours of patchy effects-driven comedy. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones star as a middle-aged […]

Jul, 11

Brighton Rock *** (2010, Sam Riley, John Hurt, Andrea Riseborough, Phil Davis, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 3972

Sam Riley, from Control (2007), is ideally cast as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown, a psychotic petty hoodlum at large in post-war Brighton, in director Rowan Joffe’s intriguing 2010 remake of the 1947 classic thriller Brighton Rock, […]

Jul, 04

True Grit *** (2010, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Domhnall Gleeson) – Classic Movie Review 3970

The 2010 remake of True Grit (1969) is a very decent, old-fashioned Western with strong, rock-solid performances. But, with its thin, slim-feeling story and relatively low impact, it is a slight disappointment from directors Ethan Coen and […]

Jul, 04

The Desperate Hours ** (1990, Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse, Kelly Lynch, Elias Koteas, David Morse) – Classic Movie Review 3963

Director Michael Cimino’s 1990 remake of William Wyler’s fondly remembered 1955 Humphrey Bogart thriller The Desperate Hours about a gang of convicts who terrorise a family household is disappointingly tepid and routine. This time Mickey Rourke […]

Jul, 03

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