Derek Winnert

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Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home *** (1995, Jason James Richter, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, M Emmet Walsh, August Schellenberg) – Classic Movie Review 6422

Jason James Richter returns as Jesse, the appealing one-boy save-the-whale campaigner from Free Willy (1993), who this time sets off on a sailing trip with his argumentative half brother (Jon Tenny) and his foster parents […]

Dec, 17

The Prisoner of Zenda ***½ (1952, Stewart Granger, James Mason, Deborah Kerr, Robert Coote, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer, Louis Calhern, Francis Pierlot, Lewis Stone) – Classic Movie Review 4652

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1952 version is virtually a shot-by-shot remake of the 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda, with the same shooting script, dialogue and film score. In most cases, settings and camera angles are the same too. […]

Nov, 14

The Fighter ***½ (2010, Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Yeo) – Classic Movie Review 4617

Boxing movies are a dime a dozen – and there have of course been great ones, from Champion and Rocky to Raging Bull and more recently Ali, Million Dollar Baby and Cinderella Man. Director David O […]

Nov, 08

The Boys Are Back **** (2009, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Nicholas McAnulty, Emma Booth, Laura Fraser, Julia Blake, Chris Haywood) – Classic Movie Review 4420

Clive Owen does a lovely job of acting as Joe Warr, a real-life top British sports writer dad working in Australia. He wins you over just as he wins over his two sons – teen George […]

Sep, 26

Under the Volcano **** (1984, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews, Katy Jurado, James Villiers) – Classic Movie Review 4,123

John Huston’s intensely smouldering 1984 metaphorical drama film Under the Volcano finds Albert Finney on scalding form, giving a blazing performance as an alcoholic former British consul in Thirties Mexico. Director John Huston’s intensely smouldering […]

Aug, 02

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier *** (1989, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill, George Takei, Walter Koenig) – Classic Movie Review 1922

After director Leonard Nimoy’s jovial Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the starship USS Enterprise comes down to Earth with a dullish thud in 1989 as William Shatner takes over the directing helm as […]

Dec, 06

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters **½ (2013, Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T Jackson, Anthony Head, Nathan Fillion, Stanley Tucci) – Movie Review

Three years on from The Lightning Thief, Logan Lerman is back as American teenager Percy Jackson, who’s discovered he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon, in this second lark in which it won’t surprise […]

Aug, 04

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