Derek Winnert

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Dad **** (1989, Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey, Ethan Hawke, Zakes Mokae, JT Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 7046

Writer-producer-director Gary David Goldberg’s sweet but, happily, not too sickly 1989 comedy drama Dad is taken from the novel by William Wharton and stars the splendid team of Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy […]

May, 13

Unsane ** (2018, Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Amy Irving, Polly McKie, Juno Temple, Sarah Stiles, Matt Damon) – Movie Review

Stockport-born Claire Foy stars as Boston woman Sawyer Valentini, who has relocated 400 miles away to get away from mom (Amy Irving) and start a new job, but is apparently falling to pieces. Maybe she has […]

Mar, 24

Man Down ** (2015, Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara) – Movie Review

Shia LaBeouf gives an intense, smouldering, convincing and classy star turn as disturbed US Marine Gabriel Drummer, who returns home from Afghanistan to be interrogated by Counselor Peyton (Gary Oldman). Something has happened to his son and […]

Apr, 01

Jacob’s Ladder ***½ (1990, Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 5197

Director Adrian Lyne’s eerie, eye-catching 1990 horror movie finds Tim Robbins climbing the ladder to stardom in a stalwart performance as the divorced, traumatised Vietnam vet, New York postal worker Jacob Singer, who is troubled by […]

Mar, 25

Images **** (1972, Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi) – Classic Movie Review 3293

Susannah York won the Best Actress award at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival for one of director Robert Altman’s most intriguing but difficult films. It was Golden Globe nominated for 1973 Best English-Language Foreign Film. She […]

Jan, 26

Fear in the Night ** (1972, Judy Geeson, Ralph Bates, Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, James Cossins) – Classic Movie Review 2895

A strong cast bolsters co-writer/ director Jimmy Sangster’s sporadically frightening and sometimes inventive 1972 Hammer Films shocker. Judy Geeson stars as a nervy young woman recovering from a nervous breakdown who is terrorised by strange […]

Sep, 08

Invasion of the Body Snatchers ***** (1956, Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones) – Classic Movie Review 676

‘You’re next, you’re next!’ The 1956 American sci-fi horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers is produced by socially conscious Walter Wanger, and stars Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. It is shot in black and […]

Jan, 12

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