Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "revenge"

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Quantum of Solace *** (2008, Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 844

Daniel Craig returns for his second turn as James Bond in the direct sequel to the 2006 Casino Royale, concluding its story. In the 22nd 007 film, directed by Marc Forster in 2008, Bond seeks revenge […]

Feb, 19

Plunkett & MacLeane **** (1999, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ken Stott, Liv Tyler, Alan Cumming, Michael Gambon) – Classic Film Review 792

Here’s an oddity: an old-style highwayman adventure yarn with a flashy 90s new-style gloss and a welter of anachronisms on the soundtrack, with present-day street language and rock music. The flash is put on it […]

Feb, 02

The Sting ***** (1973, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 790

The 1973 gem The Sting showcases 70s superstars Paul Newman and Robert Redford at their most charismatic in this delicious crime caper movie set in Thirties Chicago. Director George Roy Hill’s 1973 gem The Sting showcases 70s […]

Feb, 02

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse *** (2010, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel, Jack Huston) – Classic Movie Review 782

Here’s Eclipse, the 2010 Part Three of The Twilight Saga, following Twilight (2008) and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). So now Bella (Kristen Stewart) loves the vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) – but the werewolf Jacob […]

Feb, 01

Out of the Furnace **** (2013, Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Sam Shepard, Willem Dafoe, Forest Whitaker) – Movie Review

In America’s economically-depressed North-eastern Rust Belt, two brothers are struggling. While poor steel factory worker Russell lands in prison, his younger brother Rodney becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the area. […]

Jan, 29

Patriot Games *** (1992, Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Thora Birch, James Fox, Patrick Bergin) – Classic Movie Review 727

Director Phillip Noyce’s 1992 blockbuster has its exciting moments but overall it is a surprisingly plodding, clunky and lame action thriller based on Tom Clancy’s bestseller. Harrison Ford is dependable and sympathetic but unexpectedly dull as […]

Jan, 20

Sleepers **** (1997, Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Renfro, Ron Eldard, Billy Crudup) – Classic Movie Review 695

In the nostalgic movie glow of the 1960s, four normally nice, basically decent New York kids torment a hot-dog man and a passer-by is killed with his cascading trolley in a thoughtless prank. They are incarcerated […]

Jan, 17

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