Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Michael Crichton"

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Disclosure ***½ (1994, Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 1083

Producer-director Barry Levinson’s thought-provoking 1994 thriller stars Michael Douglas as happily married computer expert Tom Sanders, whose expected promotion goes to ambitious Demi Moore, an old flame, who sexually harasses him. All hell lets loose […]

Apr, 12

Congo ** (1995, Laura Linney, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker) – So Bad It’s Good Movie Review 11

What did the female gorilla say to the handsome primatologist? Nothing. Gorillas can’t speak, except in director Frank Marshall’s 1995 summer blockbuster Congo. It’s an unabashed old-style adventure movie, riding high on the back of […]

Mar, 27

Twister **** (1996, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Philip Seymour Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 996

In director Jan (Speed) de Bont’s breezy 1996 action-adventure thriller/ disaster movie, the main stars are Industrial Light and Magic’s spectacular special visual effects (though they lost out to those for Independence Day at the […]

Mar, 26

A Fish Called Wanda ***** (1988, John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin) – Classic Movie Review 350

Star-writer John Cleese’s marvellous 1988 comedy gem A Fish Called Wanda is a hilarious fusion of old-time cosy fun and Eighties cynicism, of English eccentricity and American pizzazz. Crooks get more than they bargain for […]

Nov, 02

Jurassic Park ***** (1993, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough) – Classic Movie Review 178

Steven Spielberg gathers up the plot, characters, situations and themes of the famous, thoughtful novel by Michael Crichton and turns them into a great, old-style horror adventure with great new-style special effects. Broadening the appeal of the […]

Aug, 20

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