Derek Winnert

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Species **** (1995, Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Ben Kingsley, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina) – Classic Movie Review 822

Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger are on good form as Press Lennox and Dr Laura Baker in the thrilling 1995 sci-fi chiller film Species, with Natasha Henstridge as a sensual but deadly creature. Roger Donaldson’s […]

Feb, 13

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

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ***** (1931, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart) – Classic Movie Review 779

Fredric March won the Best Actor Oscar for his devilish portrayal of sexual frustration in the stirring and creepy 1931 film version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The 1931 Dr Jekyll […]

Jan, 31

The Invisible Man ***** (1933, Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, E E Clive, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 778

The Invisible Man (1933) is one of the great Universal horror movies. Claude Rains became an overnight star as scientist Dr Jack Griffin, who invents an invisibility serum and turns himself invisible, but then terrorises […]

Jan, 31

The Sum of All Fears *** (2002, Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Ciarán Hinds, John Cromwell, Bridget Moynahan, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates, Philip Baker Hall, Ron Rifkin, Bruce McGill, Colm Feore, Josef Sommer) – Classic Movie Review 725

In 2002 Ben Affleck takes over Harrison Ford’s old part of CIA man Jack Ryan in director Phil Alden Robinson’s ultra-tense, ambitious, nail-biting action blockbuster, adapted from the work of Tom Clancy. The end of […]

Jan, 20

The Time Machine *** (2002, Guy Pearce, Yancey Arias, Mark Addy, Phyllida Law, Samantha Mumba, Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones) – Classic Movie Review 662

Guy Pearce stars as haunted-looking Victorian scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen who, after his wife is killed, travels in his machine through time in search of her. Remaking the much-loved 1960 version by George Pal, The […]

Jan, 10

Spider-Man 2 ***** (2004, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, Rosemary Harris, J K Simmons) – Classic Movie Review 581

Can they spin another great yarn? Yep, they sure can! Director Sam Raimi’s 2004 sensational sequel Spider-Man 2, picking up where the 2002 blockbuster Spider-Man left off, is, if anything, even more awesome than the […]

Dec, 28

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