Derek Winnert

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Sudden Impact ** (1983, Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman) – Classic Movie Review 3812

Producer-director-star Clint Eastwood’s suddenly much lower-impact 1983 action thriller is the fourth Dirty Harry film in a steadily declining series, following Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973) and The Enforcer  (1976). After a lengthy gap, Eastwood returns to […]

Jun, 06

The General ** (1998, Brendan Gleeson, Jon Voight, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 3331

Fancy two hours in the obnoxious company of a notorious Irish criminal called Martin Cahill, apparently a legend for his defiance of authority, relentless battle with the police and his weird family relationships? Well, maybe […]

Feb, 06

Veronica Guerin *** (2003, Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Colin Farrell) – Classic Movie Review 3330

Director Joel Schumacher’s 2003 true-story thriller stars Cate Blanchett, who excels as fearless Dublin reporter Veronica Guerin, who dices with death – even after her life is threatened – to pursue the story of an […]

Feb, 06

The River Wild *** (1994, Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C Reilly, Benjamin Bratt, Joseph Mazzello) – Classic Movie Review 3243

Director Curtis Hanson’s exciting 1994 action adventure crime thriller is a posh-end item, with a classy cast. Dennis O’Neill’s screenplay might spend time providing atmosphere, building character and developing dialogue, but it delivers all the tension and thrills […]

Jan, 17

Rise of the Footsoldier ** (2007, Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 3268

Co-writer/director Julian Gilbey‘s British gangster drama is, as expected, incredibly violent and foul-mouthed. It is based on a shocking true story – the real-life Rettendon Range Rover murders. It follows the career of Essex football […]

Jan, 15

Black Mass *** (2015, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Adam Scott) – Movie Review

Johnny Depp is good, not brilliant, but good, cast against type as real-life diabolical sociopath Whitey Bulger, the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston. Director Scott Cooper’s fascinating but uneven 2015 gangster […]

Nov, 26

At Close Range **** (1986, Sean Penn, Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson) – Classic Movie Review 3094

Director James Foley’s eye-catching 1986 thriller is based on the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr and his sons, from Chester County, Pennsylvania, though it is filmed in Tennessee. Written by Nicholas Kazan, it has an extremely […]

Nov, 25

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