Derek Winnert

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Flight of the Phoenix ** (2004, Dennis Quaid, Miranda Otto, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese, Miranda Otto, Hugh Laurie) – Classic Movie Review 1087

Director John Moore’s 2004 movie is a reasonably entertaining disaster-survival movie remake of the classic 1965 adventure thriller The Flight of the Phoenix, in which an aircraft is downed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in a sandstorm. […]

Apr, 14

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus – Film Review

Michael Cera stars as Jamie, an oddly cute but way too pale and insensitive American twentysomething travelling in Chile, who’s planning to take a road trip with three local male friends to experience a legendary shamanistic hallucinogen called the […]

Jan, 16

Fast & Furious *** (2009, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster) – Classic Movie Review 542

For the first time since 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, original models Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reunite in 2009 for a new part – episode four of the total-testosterone exotic cars saga, directed […]

Dec, 16

The Scorpion King **** (2002, Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 383

Wrestling star The Rock is as solid as a rock as a movie star in the title role in this thrilling, non-stop action spin-off from The Mummy Returns (2001), directed by Chuck Russell in 2002. […]

Nov, 10

Close Encounters of the Third Kind ***** (1977, Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban) – Classic Movie Review 306

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, sci-fi movies were considered out of date and box-office poison. It took the 70s movie brats to bring them back. Take a bow, George Lucas […]

Oct, 21

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert ***** (1994, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 145

High on the list of sights I never thought I’d see in the cinema is Terence Stamp, British matinée idol darling of the 1960s, playing a crumpled, world-weary transsexual Sydney showgirl. But, after 100 years, […]

Aug, 10

Lawrence of Arabia ***** (1962, Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Claude Rains, Anthony Quayle, Donald Wolfit, I S Johar) – Classic Movie Review 42

Costing a then record $13 million in 1962, director David Lean’s highly distinguished, monumental classic is surely the epic to end all epics, even more than Cleopatra the next year. Beautifully restored  in 2012 for […]

Jul, 11

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