Derek Winnert

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Mechanic: Resurrection *½ (2016, Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine) – Movie Review

Jason Statham returns as Arthur Bishop in this fast-paced but ludicrous 2016 all-action thriller from German director Dennis Gansel, who does manage plenty of exciting action thrills but no tension or credibility at all. It is a […]

Aug, 29

Class of ’44 *** (1973, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Oliver Conant, William Atherton, Sam Bottoms, Deborah Winters) – Classic Movie Review 4253

Gary Grimes stars again in Class of ’44, the welcome 1973 sequel to his breakthrough movie Summer of ’42 (1971), which follows his character Hermie’s progress to college. Director Paul Bogart’s 1973 youth drama Class of […]

Aug, 28

Halloween II [Halloween 2] ** (1981, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers, Dick Warlock, Jeffrey Kramer, Lance Guest) – Classic Movie Review 4,240

Michael Myers again terrorises the feisty Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in the 1981 film Halloween II from original writer/ producers John Carpenter and Debra Hill, with Donald Pleasence also back as Dr Sam Loomis. […]

Aug, 26

Be Cool *** (2005, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, Danny DeVito, Christina Milian, Harvey Keitel, Cedric the Entertainer, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 4214

John Travolta is back in 2005 as the smooth operator Chili Palmer from 1995’s hit Get Shorty, who swaps films for the music business and gets mixed up with several different bunches of worryingly crazy […]

Aug, 21

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams *** (2002, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Daryl Sabara, Alexa Vega, Steve Buscemi, Ricardo Montalban, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Mike Judge, Bill Paxton) – Classic Movie Review 4205

Young Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara return as plucky sibling spies Carmen and Juni Cortez, in writer-director Robert Rodriguez’s brilliantly fast-paced 2002 adventure that is very nearly as dazzling as his 2001 original Spy Kids. This time Carmen […]

Aug, 20

Jason Bourne **** (2016, Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Julia Stiles, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed) – Movie Review

Great to have Matt Damon back for the fourth time as Bourne. Great to have Paul Greengrass back in the director’s chair! Great action! It’s a huge pleasure as well as relief that Jason Bourne (2016) is […]

Jul, 26

The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement *** (2004, Anne Hathaway, Julie Andrews, Hector Elizondo, Callum Blue, Chris Pine) – Classic Movie Review 4062

Comedy and complications rule the day as most of the original cast and film-makers from the 2001 smash-hit The Princess Diaries return for director Garry Marshall’s sweet and amusing 2004 Disney romantic comedy sequel. The bright and […]

Jul, 21

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