Derek Winnert

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The Ghost Goes West **** (1935, Robert Donat, Eugene Palette, Jean Parker, Elsa Lanchester) – Classic Movie Review 7190

Robert Donat, Eugene Palette, Jean Parker and Elsa Lanchester all shine brightly in writer-director René Clair’s now creaky seeming but still deliciously enjoyable 1935 fanciful fantasy comedy The Ghost Goes West, with more charm and […]

Jun, 18

Pet Sematary *** (1989, Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne) – Classic Movie Review 7110

Director Mary Lambert’s 1989 fantasy horror thriller Pet Sematary turns Stephen King’s disturbing, far-fetched tale into a chillingly gory, upsetting horror movie with appealing performances (particularly by stars Dale Midkiff and Fred Gwynne), an eerie mood, […]

Jun, 02

Truly Madly Deeply **** (1990, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Michael Maloney, Bill Paterson, Jenny Howe) – Classic Movie Review 7094

Writer-director Anthony Minghella’s 1990 film Truly Madly Deeply is the adorable British answer to Ghost (1990), in which Juliet Stevenson stars as English language teacher Nina, still in love with her dead cellist boyfriend Jamie (Alan […]

May, 25

Truth or Dare * (2018, Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, Sophia Ali, Landon Liboiron, Nolan Gerard Funk, Sam Lerner) – Movie Review

The truth is that the teen supernatural horror slasher flick movie Truth Or Dare is ridiculous, nonsensical, unconvincing and just no good. A dull and dreary group of American college students get together to play […]

Apr, 14

Ghost Stories ** (2017, Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse, Alex Lawther) – Movie Review

Andy Nyman stars as a parapsychology professor, the arch sceptic Professor Phillip Goodman, stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of supposedly inexplicable hauntings and must solve the puzzle of the three […]

Apr, 05

Winchester *** (2018, Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook, Finn Scicluna-O’Prey) – Movie Review

Dressed in black widow’s gown and veil, Helen Mirren relishes her weird role as the crazily eccentric firearms-manufacturer heiress Sarah Winchester, who believes that she and her mansion are haunted by the souls of people killed […]

Feb, 05

Ironweed *** (1987, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker) – Classic Movie Review 6637

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep apparently so enjoyed making Heartburn (1986) together that they immediately made another movie together, this time playing alcoholic drifter Francis Phelan and his former radio singer friend Helen Archer, begging for work […]

Feb, 01

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