Derek Winnert

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Darkman **** (1990, Liam Neeson, Larry Drake, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels) – Classic Movie Review 3483

Co-writer/director Sam Raimi’s 1990 horror comic is a thrilling grand guignol horror movie. Liam Neeson gives an admirably grave performance as Peyton Westlake, a scientist who recreates himself as the shadowy avenger Darkman after he is […]

Mar, 20

High Spirits ** (1988, Peter O’Toole, Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly d’Angelo, Jennifer Tilly, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Ray McAnally) – Classic Movie Review 3360

High Spirits is a gleeful chunk of Irish blarney from the usually heavyweight writer-director Neil Jordan. The critical success of Jordan’s early movies led him from Ireland to Hollywood, where he directed High Spirits and […]

Feb, 14

Michael Collins *** (1996, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 3359

‘In 1916 a rebellion began, to be followed by a guerilla war which would change the nature of Britain’s rule over Ireland forever. The mastermind behind that war was Michael Collins. His life and death […]

Feb, 14

A Christmas Star *½ (2015, Rob James-Collier, Erin Galway-Kendrick, Bronagh Waugh, Richard Clements, Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson) – Movie Review

Richard Elson’s 2015 family film is a slice of good natured seasonal Irish blarney, in which Erin Galway-Kendrick stars as young Noelle, who believes she has the gift to perform miracles. She was born under the […]

Nov, 06

Run all Night ***½ (2015, Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Boyd Holbrook) – Movie Review

Cast as long-time New York mobster pals, Liam Neeson and Ed Harris bring style, conviction and huge acting talent to an otherwise fairly average chase-movie action thriller. They might be slumming it, but what a difference real […]

Mar, 11

Excalibur ***** (1981, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Nicol Williamson) – Classic Movie Review 2233

Co-writer/producer/director John Boorman’s astonishing 1981 dramatic fantasy film of the Arthurian legend that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table with scenes and ideas that amaze and a cast that surprises and impresses. […]

Mar, 03

Taken ***** (2008, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 2199

Liam Neeson is great as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, who travels to France and uses his old skills to save his 17-year-old estranged daughter Kim (Maggie Grace, actually 25), when she is kidnapped with her friend while on a […]

Feb, 22

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