Derek Winnert

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Iron Man 2 **** (2010, Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson) – Classic Movie Review 3442

Robert Downey Jr continues his highly expert and entertaining turn as Tony Stark/ Iron Man in this exciting but nicely relaxed and easy-going sequel to the 2008 original blockbuster. It is reliable stuff that takes […]

Mar, 02

Poltergeist *** (2015, Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kennedi Clements, Jared Harris) – Movie Review

Director Gil Kenan reboots, reimagines and brings up to date Steven Spielberg’s 1982 classic tale about a family whose new suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. It’s a sign of the times that in […]

May, 19

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ****½ (2007, Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Sam Rockwell) – Classic Movie Review 2400

Casey Affleck gives a superbly snivelling performance as the 20-year-old rat-like coward Robert Ford, who has idolised the Missouri outlaw gang leader Jesse James since childhood. Director Andrew Dominik‘s 2007 movie takes its place as one […]

Apr, 17

Galaxy Quest **** (1999, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell) – Classic Movie Review 2395

Director Dean Parisot’s hilarious 1999 Star Trek spoof stars Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver and Tim Allen, who are at their most amusing as the cast of a cancelled cult space TV series who are required […]

Apr, 16

Say When [Laggies] *** (2014, Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell – Movie Review

Keira Knightley boldly goes across the Atlantic as Megan, an American woman in some kind of life crisis, who absurdly panics when her doting high-school boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) suddenly proposes. She escapes for a week to […]

Nov, 06

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind *** (2003, Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 1240

Chuck Barris has a notable place in American TV history as the Sixties and Seventies deviser and host of The Dating Game (1965–1986), the original US version of Blind Date, and host of The Gong […]

May, 22

Heist **** (2001, Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone) – Classic Movie Review 1123

Writer-director David Mamet’s 2001 thriller stars Gene Hackman, who may be 70 here, but he shows he’s still a great action hero as Joe Moore, a crook forced into pulling off one last gold heist […]

Apr, 20

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