Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Death"

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Scream 3 *** (2000, David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Parker Posey, Matt Kesslar, Lance Henriksen, Liev Schreiber, Scott Foley, Emily Mortimer) – Classic Movie Review 2831

Third time less lucky for director Wes Craven and star Neve Campbell in a much feebler teen chiller sequel. The survivors of Scream 2 are back for a third bout – supposedly the final chapter […]

Aug, 18

House by the River *** (1950, Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman) – Classic Movie Review 2806

Fritz Lang directs this tense, moody, intriguing and atmospheric 1950 film noir thriller based on the A P Herbert source novel’s story of death, betrayal and obsession. Louis Hayward stars as deranged, unsuccessful author Stephen […]

Aug, 12

Cub [Welp] ***½ (2014, Maurice Luijten, Evelien Bosmans, Titus De Voogdt) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Jonas Govaerts‘s Cub is a really good horror movie in the classic style. It starts nice and tense and creepy, then it turns plenty gory and exciting, and it is topped off with a surprising ending. […]

Jul, 30

Nicholas Nickleby **** (2002, Charlie Hunnam, Jamie Bell, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 2719

Charles Dickens’s tale of a young schoolmaster Nicholas Nickleby (Charlie Hunnam), who joins a band of entertainers to support his family after being deprived of his fortune by his wicked uncle Ralph (Christopher Plummer), is […]

Jul, 18

The Gallows * (2015, Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, Ryan Shoos, Cassidy Gifford) – Movie Review

Shot in Fresno, California, this horror movie about a cursed high school theatre production is enterprisingly made on a small budget. Playing like an eager-to-scare amateur student film, it was independently funded and produced before being […]

Jul, 15

Pure **** (2002, Harry Eden, Molly Parker, Keira Knightley, David Wenham, Geraldine McEwan, Karl Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 2687

Harry Eden does a commendably adult job in his first role as Paul, a 10-year-old kid who tries to look after his sickly mother (Molly Parker) and younger brother after his dad’s death. But things […]

Jul, 11

Last Holiday **** (1950, Alec Guinness, Beatrice Campbell, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2592

Director Henry Cass’s neat and nimble 1950 small-scale black comedy stars Alec Guinness, who is his usual expert and excellent self in a subtly sentimental, neatly scripted original story and screenplay by J B Priestley. […]

Jun, 13

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