Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Death"

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The Lost Boys **** (1987, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Alex Winter) – Classic Movie Review 1823

Sparky, imaginative, eye-catching and often very funny, director Joel Schumacher’s exuberant 1987 vampire teen horror movie is an enduring pleasure as a treasured Eighties relic. It revived the vampire film, giving it a cool, sexy spin for […]

Nov, 09

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

Death Takes a Holiday **** (1934, Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing) – Classic Movie Review 1784

Fredric March stars as Death who decides to take a holiday in Italy, in the 1934 fantasy film Death Takes a Holiday.  Director Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy film of Maxwell Anderson’s play about the Angel […]

Oct, 26

Moonlight Mile **** (2002, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon) – Classic Movie Review 1736

Co-producer/writer/director Brad Silberling’s 2002 drama stars Jake Gyllenhaal as Joe Nast. The young man’s fiancée dies, leaving him distraught and forced to help console her fragile parents, Josephine and Ben Floss (Susan Sarandon, Dustin Hoffman) […]

Oct, 03

Salvatore Giuliano ***** (1961, Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff) – Classic Movie Review 1705

Co-writer/director Francesco Rosi’s astonishing, eye-opening 1961 Italian classic provides a dark and complex portrait of Sicilian politics after World War Two, centring round its starting point in 1950 when the famous Sicilian 28-year-old guerrilla leader and outlaw […]

Sep, 23

The Expendables 3 ** (2014, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas) – Movie Review

Sylvester Stallone is back as Barney Ross in the 2014 action film sequel The Expendables 3, also starring Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mel Gibson, Kelsey Grammer, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, and […]

Aug, 07

Top Gun **** (1986, Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt) – Classic Movie Review 1517

Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot the 24-year-old Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere. Director Tony Scott’s irresistible, ultra-canny 1986 blockbuster Top Gun shot Tom Cruise into the Hollywood stratosphere as Lieutenant Pete […]

Aug, 04

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