Derek Winnert

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Ant-Man and the Wasp ** (2018, Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Peña, Michael Douglas, Walton Goggins, Michelle Pfeiffer) – Movie Review

Peyton Reed follows up his Ant-Man (2015) with Ant-Man and the Wasp, which is pretty much the same as the first one and again is okay as a throwaway popcorn movie. It is fast-paced and amiable, with […]

Jul, 19

Tomb Raider * (2018, Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu, Derek Jacobi, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nick Frost) – Movie Review

Director Roar Uthaug’s Lara Croft videogame franchise reboot Tomb Raider is a nice try, but mostly quite boring, and largely just going through the motions of being exciting. Apart from an ill-judged Nick Frost cameo as […]

Mar, 15

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ** (2017, Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Alex Wolff, Nick Jonas) – Movie Review

Director Jake Kasdan’s harmless but lame, laborious and empty-headed reboot of Jumanji (1995) cost a lot – $90 million – but has taken a fortune – $254 million in the US. It goes for the old downhome […]

Jan, 12

Wonder Woman **½ (2017, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis) – Movie Review

Wonder Woman has two aces in its hand – Gal Gadot as made-from-clay amazon goddess Diana and Chris Pine as World War One US spy Steve Trevor – but two aces don’t necessarily make a winning hand. […]

Jun, 01

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life *** (2003, Angelina Jolie, Gerard Butler, Ciarán Hinds, Chris Barrie, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger) – Classic Movie Review 972

Speed director Jan de Bont’s 2003 Lara Croft sequel proves more than the equal of the highly popular original, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). And Angelina Jolie proves even feistier the second time around as the […]

Mar, 23

Elektra ** (2005, Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Kirsten Prout, Will Yun Lee) – Classic Movie Review 570

In the 2005 spinoff from the 2003 Daredevil, Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck)’s sidekick Elektra (Jennifer Garner) is resurrected after her seemingly mortal wounds incurred in the first movie. As well as a good and lovely […]

Dec, 23

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