Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "witness"

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Bad Boys ** (1995, Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle, Marg Helgenberger, Joe Pantoliano, Lisa Boyle) – Classic Movie Review 4158

Director Michael Bay’s slick, glossy, violent, formulaic 1995 comedy action thriller has as many bodies as jokes, and more flashy pretty pictures of art deco-ed Miami than believable plot moments. It is an expensive, cynical, […]

Aug, 12

Eraser **½ (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn, Robert Pastorelli, John Cromwell, Danny Nucci, Andy Romano) – Classic Movie Review 3935

Director Chuck Russell’s acceptable 1996 action thriller stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as US Marshal John ‘The Eraser’ Kruger, who is sent to protect Dr Lee Cullen (Vanessa Williams), an employee of a maker of secret military […]

Jun, 27

Tom and Huck *** (1995, Brad Renfro, Jonathan Taylor, Thomas Eric Schweig) – Classic Movie Review 3518

Friendship and loyalty are the topics of the day as Jonathan Taylor Thomas’s Tom Sawyer and Brad Renfro’s Huck Finn face a life-or-death decision when they witness Injun Joe killing Doc Robinson one night in […]

Apr, 03

Angel [Danny Boy] **** (1982, Stephen Rea, Veronica Quilligan, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 3357

Stephen Rea stars as Irish saxophonist Danny, who gets in way over his head when he witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. After recalling to the police a […]

Feb, 14

Le Samouraï [The Samurai] ***** (1967, Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, François Périer) – Classic Movie Review 2818

Jean-Pierre Melville’s austere 1967 neo noir gangster movie Le Samouraï motors on Alain Delon’s enigmatic star turn and Henri Decaë’s stark cinematography in Eastmancolor. ‘There is no solitude greater than a samurai’s, unless perhaps it is […]

Aug, 16

Phantom of the Rue Morgue *** (1954, Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin, Patricia Medina, Steve Forrest, Anthony Caruso) – Classic Movie Review 2684

Director Roy Del Ruth’s 1954 horror movie stars Karl Malden, who takes on the old Bela Lugosi role in Warner Bros’ engagingly shambolic rejig of the 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue, based on Edgar Allan […]

Jul, 10

The Innocent Sleep *** (1996, Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Annabella Sciorra, Franco Nero, Oliver Cotton, Graham Crowden, John Hannah) – Classic Movie Review 2478

Director Scott Michell’s 1996 British thriller stars Rupert Graves who plays a real-life English north-country tramp called Alan Terry living homeless outside beside London’s Tower Bridge. One night he witnesses a killing, a mob execution. […]

May, 13

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