Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "vengeance"

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The Salvation **** (2014, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Douglas Henshall, Jonathan Pryce) – Movie Review

This tremendous revenge Western from co-writer/director Kristian Levring has everything you’d expect, or hope for, except American filming! But it looks just great shot in South Africa, with a little help from CGI. Mads Mikkelsen suffers […]

Apr, 15

John Wick **** (2014, Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane) – Classic Movie Review 2,286

Keanu Reeves stars in the 2014 action thriller film as the ex-hitman John Wick, who comes out of retirement to fight a one-man war against the gangsters who steal his car and kill his dog, […]

Mar, 20

Blue Ruin (2013, Macon Blair) – Movie Review

The film noir is profitably revisited by writer-director Jeremy Saulnier, who provides an unforgettable role for Macon Blair as Dwight. The little-known actor grabs his chance in the spotlight beautifully. First seen with the kind […]

May, 01

Spider-Man 3 **** (2007, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J K Simmons, James Cromwell) – Classic Movie Review 1106

The final film in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy cost a whopping $258million and was the most expensive film of all time at release but it became the most financially successful film in the series worldwide. […]

Apr, 18

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

Kill Bill: Vol 2 **** (2004, Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah) – Classic Movie Review 365

Okay, now it’s April 2004, but where were we eight months ago with Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol 1? Oh yeah, The Bride (Uma Thurman) has survived a massacre on her wedding day and is […]

Nov, 04

Conan the Barbarian **** (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 343

John Milius’s savage comic-book sword and sorcery 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, based on the tales of Robert E Howard, is written and made in the grandest style. Milius describes it as a ‘feverish dream […]

Oct, 31

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