Derek Winnert

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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes **** (1984, Christopher Lambert, Ralph Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 1451

Hugh Hudson makes a lovely job of directing the exhilarating 1984 film Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. It is exciting that Christopher Lambert is an Ape Man hero obviously with a […]

Jul, 19

A Perfect Plan ** (2012, Diane Kruger, Dany Boon) – Movie Review

Director Pascal Chaumeil’s broad but pleasant French romcom can at least boast a fresh and interesting premise. An entire family is apparently cursed for ever that all its members find their first marriages end in divorce. Diane Kruger plays […]

Jun, 13

Congo ** (1995, Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 11

What did the female gorilla say to the handsome primatologist? Nothing. Gorillas can’t speak, except in director Frank Marshall’s 1995 summer blockbuster Congo. It’s an unabashed old-style adventure movie, riding high on the back of […]

Mar, 27

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

Mean Girls **** (2004, Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert) – Classic Movie Review 967

Lindsay Lohan hits the jackpot this time in director Mark S Waters’s stingingly witty 2004 teen movie. Starting at a new school, 16-year-old Cady Heron (Lohan) soon joins The Plastics, the A-list clan clique of queen bitches. […]

Mar, 22

The African Queen ***** (1951, Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull) – Classic Movie Review 327

Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn lighting electric sparks off each other on screen together is the main attraction of the enchanting 1951 British-American romantic adventure drama movie The African Queen. Along with their stupendous star […]

Oct, 26

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