Derek Winnert

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Family Viewing *** (1987, David Hemblen, Aidan Tierney, Gabrielle Rose, Arsinée Khanjian) – Classic Movie Review 10,661

Van: ‘I’ve been feeling kinda weird lately.’ Writer-director Atom Egoyan shows his unusual talent and cleverness in the 1987 Canadian drama Family Viewing, a surreal study of a disunited, TV obsessed family, in which a […]

Dec, 13

Half Moon Street ** (1986, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Caine) – Classic Movie Review 5546

Co-writer/ director Bob Swaim’s creaky old 1986 erotic thriller is intriguing but often quite tedious, straining the undeniable strong appeal of Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine, though it just about stays on the rails through […]

Jun, 04

The Ring Two **** (2005, Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 2296

Sussex-born, Aussie-raised Naomi Watts returns to her star-making role – journalist Rachel Keller, in director Hideo Nakata’s sleek, super and scary 2005 sequel to the much milder 2002 surprise hit The Ring. It’s six months […]

Mar, 22

The Ring *** (2002, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 2295

The 2002 horror movie The Ring stars Naomi Watts as journalist Rachel Keller who, while probing the death of her friend’s child, sees a videotape that brings death within a week to all who watch […]

Mar, 22

The Ring [Ringu] **** (1998, Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi) – Classic Movie Review 2294

Director Hideo Nakata’s 1998 seminal Japanese horror movie Ringu centres on an infamous mysterious killer videotape that is causing everyone who views it to die within a week. While probing the death of her friend’s […]

Mar, 21

Sex, Lies, and Videotape **** (1989, James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo) – Classic Movie Review 2137

Writer/director Steven Soderbergh’s celebrated 1989 indie drama is his highly promising film debut that set him off on a brilliant career. It won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making the then-26-year-old Soderbergh […]

Jan, 31

Lost Highway ***½ (1997, Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Gary Busey, Giovanni Ribisi, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake) – Classic Movie Review 1315

Co-writer/director David Lynch’s infuriating, but imaginative and thrilling-looking 1997 surreal thriller film Lost Highway stars Bill Pullman as saxophonist Fred Madison, who dreams that he and his wife Renée (Patricia Arquette) are being watched by […]

Jun, 11

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