Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Hypnotic (2023, Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, J D Pardo, Jeff Fahey, Jackie Earle Haley, William Fichtner) – Classic Movie Review 12,529

Ben Affleck sleep-walks through co-writer/ director Robert Rodriguez’s lame and soporific 2023 sci-fi action mystery thriller film Hypnotic. Like a man hypnotised, a very tired and weary-looking Ben Affleck sleep-walks through co-writer/ director Robert Rodriguez’s […]

Jun, 03 · in Reviews

Eagle in a Cage ** (1972, Kenneth Haigh, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw) – Classic Movie Review 12,528

Director Fielder Cook’s painstaking 1972 historical drama film Eagle in a Cage stars Kenneth Haigh, who commands the screen as Napoleon Bonaparte, in this decently told, quite compelling tale of his exile and imprisonment on […]

Jun, 02 · in Reviews

The Age of Innocence ** (1934, Irene Dunne, John Boles, Lionel Atwill, Laura Hope Crews, Helen Westley, Julie Haydon) – Classic Movie Review 12,527

RKO’s 1934 film The Age of Innocence is an intriguing but rather unpersuasive Victorian romantic melodrama taken from Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer prize-winning classic 1920 novel, remade by Martin Scorsese in 1993. Director Philip Moeller’s 1934 […]

Jun, 02

The Snow Creature (1954, Paul Langton, Leslie Denison, William Phipps, Teru Shimada) – Classic Movie Review 12,526

W Lee Wilder’s entertainingly bad 1954 low budget monster movie The Snow Creature is made by his production company, and written by his son Myles Wilder. Producer/ director W Lee Wilder’s 1954 low budget American […]

Jun, 01

The Swimmer *** (2021, Omer Perelman Striks, Asaf Jonas, Ofek Nicki-Cohen) – Classic Movie Review 12,525

Omer Perelman Striks stars in the energetic and enjoyable 2021 film The Swimmer as determined Israeli rising star swimmer Erez, who battles against the odds to represent his country at the Olympic Games. Among his […]

May, 31

Jess & James *** (2015, Martín Karich, Nicolás Romeo, Federico Fontán) – Classic Movie Review 12,524

The lively and liberating 2015 Argentinian film Jess & James stars Martín Karich as bohemian, hedonistic young Jess and Nicolás Romeo as mother dominated James, who hook up and set off on a fun-filled, loving […]

May, 29

Not Knowing [Bilmemek] ***½ (2019, Emir Ozden, Senan Kara, Yurdaer Okur) – Classic Movie Review 12,523

Emir Ozden stars in the very worthwhile and worthy 2019 film Not Knowing [Bilmemek] as young Turkish water polo player Umut, who is relentlessly bullied and persecuted by his homophobic team-mates, with devastating consequences to […]

May, 28

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