Derek Winnert

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Land of the Dead *** (2005, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento, Dennis Hopper, Simon Baker, Robert Joy) – Classic Movie Review 7705

Writer-director George A Romero’s lustily and impressively done Land of the Dead is the 2005 sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). In […]

Oct, 26

The Book of Life ** (1998, Martin Donovan, P J Harvey, Dave Simonds, Thomas Jay Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 7104

Writer-director Hal Hartley’s weird, serious-minded 1998 fantasy comedy satire The Book of Life is a self-styled controversial retelling of the Apocalypse. Martin Donovan stars as Jesus Christ, who arrives in New York on millennium eve […]

May, 28

The Road ***½ (2009, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee) – Classic Movie Review 3,784

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee give impeccable performances under difficult grungy circumstances as a father and son at the end of the road, in the bleak but distinguished 2009 apocalyptic drama film The Road, based […]

May, 29

These Final Hours ** (2013, Nathan Phillips, Jessica De Gouw, David Field, Angourie Rice) – Movie Review

Writer-director Zak Hilditch’s enterprising Aussie thriller takes place on the last day on Earth, starting just 12 hours before a cataclysmic event will end life as we know it. It seems like a meteor has collided with Earth in […]

Apr, 29

Doctor Who *** (1996, Paul McGann, Eric Roberts, Daphne Ashbrook) – Classic Movie Review 3309

It is the first Doctor Who appearance in seven years as (not counting Peter Cushing’s cinema appearances) the seventh Doctor Who, played by Sylvester McCoy, is killed off. But, in the morgue, Paul ­­McGann regenerates into […]

Jan, 31

Prayer of the Rollerboys *** (1990, Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet) – Classic Movie Review 1952

Director Rick King’s violent 1990 sci-fi adventure teen movie stars the late Corey Haim as Griffin, a boy who infiltrates a gang of fascist, drug-selling punks sometime in the future in an America beset by violence […]

Dec, 13

Raising Arizona **** (1987, Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 1767

Hooray for the Coen Brothers’ second movie, providing a dazzling follow-up to their stunning film noir debut with Blood Simple in 1984. Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter star as a petty crook H.I. McDonnough (‘Hi’) […]

Oct, 13

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