Derek Winnert

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Easy Rider ***** (1969, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Toni Basil, Phil Spector, Luke Askew, Luana Anders, Robert Walker Jr) – Classic Movie Review 1738

  The 33-year-old director Dennis Hopper’s exhilarating, liberating 1969 landmark counter-culture classic Easy Rider stars himself with Peter Fonda (29) as Billy and Wyatt (nicknamed Captain America). They are a pair of bikers who ride […]

Oct, 03

Nightcrawler ***** (2014, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton) – Movie Review

Dear Lou Bloom, You did real good! Congratulations to you and Video News Productions for your excellent Nightcrawler footage. Please give my best to Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton for their fine work […]

Oct, 01

Breathless **** (1983, Richard Gere, Valérie Kaprisky) – Classic Movie Review 1394

Director Jim McBride’s 1983 thriller stars the then young, sexy and underrated Richard Gere, who is on his top 80s form as Jesse Lujack, a preening, unprincipled petty hood on the run after he shoots a policeman. […]

Jul, 05

Harper [The Moving Target] **** (1966, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh, Shelley Winters) – Classic Movie Review 1302

Director Jack Smight’s hard-boiled 1966 detective-mystery thriller casts Paul Newman in an ideal guise as Lew Harper, an archetypal Los Angeles mean streets private eye, who is hired by the rich, wounded and woeful Mrs […]

Jun, 07

Buying the Cow *** (2002, Jerry O’Connell, Ryan Reynolds, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bill Bellamy) – Classic Movie Review 1016

‘Why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free?’ Co-writer/director Walt Becker’s 2002 wilfully non-PC comedy is a shameful, hilarious, laddish hoot. Jerry O’Connell stars as Dave, a Los Angeles commitment-phobic yuppie who […]

Mar, 29

Training Day ***½ (2001, Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Harris Yulin, Cliff Curtis, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Macy Gray, Eva Mendes) – Classic Film Review 970

Director Antoine Fuqua’s tough, well-made but depressing 2001 LA police thriller stars Ethan Hawke and Denzel Washington, who land a couple of really showy roles as good cop, bad cop. They are rookie Jake Hoyt and seasoned Detective […]

Mar, 23

Bean *** (1997, Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Galecki, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Larry Drake, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 791

Rowan Atkinson scored a super-sized hit in 1997 with this nutty, big-hearted big-screen version of his popular TV show (1990-95). It cost $22million and grossed $182million worldwide, though only $45million of that was in the US. […]

Feb, 02

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