Derek Winnert

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The Gentlemen *** (2020, Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Hugh Grant, Michelle Dockery, Colin Farrell, Henry Golding) – Movie Review

Writer-director Guy Ritchie’s nasty, bad karma action crime thriller The Gentlemen (2020) is extremely slick and thoroughly entertaining, though it is a highly disreputable piece of work. It’s one of those movies where you are […]

Jan, 03

The Falcon and the Snowman **** (1985, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, David Suchet, Lori Singer, Pat Hingle) – Classic Movie Review 9154

Outstanding performances from Timothy Hutton as aloof young CIA man Christopher Boyce and Sean Penn as his amoral, drug-pusher buddy Daulton Lee light up director John Schlesinger’s taut, intelligent 1985 US thriller The Falcon and […]

Dec, 14

County Lines **** (2019, Conrad Khan, Harris Dickinson, Ashley Madekwe, Marcus Rutherford) – Movie Review

Conrad Khan gives a startling, uber-confident turn as troubled 14-year-old London schoolboy Tyler, who becomes a drug courier for creepy older criminal Simon (Harris Dickinson), in writer-director Henry Blake’s equally confident and powerful feature debut […]

Oct, 08

Monkey on My Back *** (1957, Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Jack Albertson, Paul Richards) – Classic Movie Review 8920

Director André de Toth’s 1957 Monkey on My Back is a downbeat but compelling biopic about the rise and fall of champion boxer, World War Two war hero and morphine addict Barney Ross. It is […]

Sep, 20

The 51st State [Formula 51] ** (2001, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emily Mortimer) – Classic Movie Review 8878

Och aye, Samuel L McJackson is a sight for sore eyes with golf clubs and a kilt as Elmo McElroy, a crooked master chemist who heads to the UKto launch a new designer drug in […]

Sep, 03

Out for a Kill * (2003, Steven Seagal, Michelle Goh, Corey Johnson, Tom Wu) – Classic Movie Review 8859

Director Michael Oblowitz’s 2003 revenge, payback action crime adventure Out for a Kill stars ageing action-man Steven Seagal in what seems like an unusual role for him as a college archaeology professor called Robert Burns, […]

Aug, 23

Pink Floyd: The Wall *** (1982, Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Bob Hoskins, James Laurenson) – Classic Movie Review 8737

Director Alan Parker’s 1982 film Pink Floyd: The Wall, a visual interpretation of Pink Floyd’s massive-selling concept album, is an overblown, much too literal view of the descent into madness of a rock star called […]

Jul, 20

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