Derek Winnert

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Eden Lake **** (2008, Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Jack O’Connell, Thomas Turgoose) – Classic Movie Review 1204

Writer-director James Watkins’s gruesome, realistic and disturbing British 2008 horror thriller stars Kelly Reilly and Michael Fassbender as nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve who quit town for a romantic weekend. Steve has picked […]

May, 11

Mama *** (2013, Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) – Movie Review

Mama is a pretty good, well-crafted Spanish version of the Japanese drippy water, scary videos, troubled mamas kind of chillers. It has its tense and scary moments, plus a whole lot of atmosphere. Co-writer director […]

May, 03
Wrong Turn *** (2003, Eliza Dushku, Desmond Harrington, Lindy Booth, Kevin Zegers, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Julian Richings) – Classic Movie Review 1112

Wrong Turn *** (2003, Eliza Dushku, Desmond Harrington, Lindy Booth, Kevin Zegers, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Julian Richings) – Classic Movie Review 1112

Director Rob Schmidt’s 2003 American slasher horror movie Wrong Turn is quite capable and stylish and packs a bit of an unpleasantly scary punch, making it stand out from the crowd. It spawned an impressive franchise, […]

Apr, 18

La Belle et la Bête [Beauty and the Beast] ***** (1946, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély, Marcel André, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair) – Classic Movie Review 345

‘Children believe what we tell them. They have complete faith in us. They believe that a rose plucked from a garden can plunge a family into conflict. They believe that the hands of a human […]

Nov, 01

Artificial Intelligence: AI ***** (2001, Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law) – Classic Movie Review 232

The Sixth Sense’s Haley Joel Osment (then 13) proves what a little superstar he is as a robot boy who just longs to be human in Steven Spielberg’s dazzling sci-fi film, made in 2001. In […]

Sep, 08

Rashomon ***** (1950, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori) – Classic Movie Review 134

Writer-director Akira Kurosawa’s and his country Japan’s breakthrough into world cinema is his great Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film (1952). It was also the winner of the 1951 Golden Lion best film award at the […]

Aug, 07

Epic *** (2013, voices of Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Chris O’Dowd, Colin Farrell, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari) – Movie Review

‘My dad always told me stories about a hidden world where brave warriors watch over and protect us.’ So says our feisty young heroine Mary Katherine (or just MK) in Blue Sky Studio’s undeniably well-meaning […]

May, 23

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