Derek Winnert

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Charley Varrick ***** (1973, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Jacqueline Scott, Felicia Farr, Andy Robinson, John Vernon, Sheree North, Norman Fell) – Classic Movie Review 2581

Producer-director Don Siegel’s gritty 1973 neo-noir crime thriller Charley Varrick is a total humdinger. It is flown to glory with the nimblest of serious work from Walter Matthau as Charley Varrick, a former stunt pilot turned […]

Jun, 10

The Mask **** (1994, Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert) – Classic Movie Review 2311

Director Charles Russell’s 1994 comedy gave Jim Carrey his then best chance to shine to date as mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who puts on a mysterious ancient mask and goes from zero to hero […]

Mar, 25

The Thomas Crown Affair ***** (1968, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Yaphet Kotto) – Classic Movie Review 2,229

Director Norman Jewison’s entrancing, cucumber-cool 1968 thriller The Thomas Crown Affair is a highly polished, entertaining fake gem that perfectly captures the glitzy escapist, colour supplement aspect of the late Sixties zeitgeist. Those fashionable beautiful […]

Mar, 02

Ghost ***** (1990, Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn) – Classic Movie Review 1820

Patrick Swayze etches his way into screen history with his starring role as the ghostly Sam Wheat here in director Jerry Zucker’s truly, madly, deeply entertaining and captivating 1990 romantic supernatural thriller. This crowd-pleasing tear-jerker is […]

Nov, 08

Birthday Girl ** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 1436

Good but underwhelming, co-writer/director Jez Butterworth’s 2001 British comedy thriller ends up entertaining but surprisingly disposable and a bit disappointing. Nicole Kidman comes to Britain to show off her versatility as a Russian Internet-mail-order bride who […]

Jul, 16

Bowling for Columbine **** (2002, dir Michael Moore) – Classic Movie Review 1377

‘Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?’ Writer-director Michael Moore’s gripping, provocative, chilling 2002 Oscar-winning documentary explores America’s love affair with firearms in the wake of two kids massacring 13 […]

Jun, 29

The Getaway ***** (1972, Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers, Jack Dodson, Slim Pickens, Dub Taylor, Bo Hopkins, Richard Bright) – Classic Movie Review 1355

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 action crime thriller The Getaway is one of this great director’s greatest movies, and most successful. Peckinpah and screenwriter Walter Hill turn esteemed pulp-fiction writer Jim Thompson’s novel into a sweaty-palmed, […]

Jun, 25

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