Derek Winnert

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Moon **** (2009, Sam Rockwell) – Classic Movie Review 3284

Sam Rockwell stars as lonely astronaut Sam Bell , who is over the moon when his three-year job there is over and he’s to be reunited with his wife and young daughter. He’s being looked […]

Jan, 20

Doctor X [Dr X] **** (1932, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy) – Classic Movie Review 3,121

The wild and wonderful 1932 blood-curdling baroque horror film Doctor X [Dr X] stars Lionel Atwill as a mad scientist, Dr Jerry Xavier, the crazy full-moon serial strangler. ‘Out-Thrills Them All!’ Director Michael Curtiz’s wild […]

Dec, 02

Woman in the Moon [Frau im Mond] **** (1929, Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 3006

Director Fritz Lang’s last silent movie from 1929 is one of the first and most important sci-fi movies with its story of obsession about a half-mad greedy scientist, Professor Georg Manfeldt (Klaus Pohl), who finds that there […]

Oct, 23

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen **** (1988, John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2471

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s dazzling and spectacular 1988 fantasy comedy adventure epic stars ideally cast theatre actor John Neville. He is on commanding form as Baron Munchausen, the 18th-century Prussian aristocrat who travels around the universe, enjoys wartime exploits […]

May, 11

Un Chien Andalou [An Andalusian Dog] ***** (1929, Luis Buñuel) – Classic Movie Review 1949

After all these years, writer-director Luis Buñuel’s and co-writer Salvador Dali’s uniquely disturbing, revelatory 1929 Surrealist short (17 minutes) film is a still brilliantly eye-catching Pandora’s box of the strangest of delights. It spills over with apparently […]

Dec, 13

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country *** (1991, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, David Warner, Christopher Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 1923

Director Nicholas Meyer returns to the helm in 1991 for the engaging sixth movie that supposedly was to be last ever episode. In the story, Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of […]

Dec, 06

Hero **** (2002, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi) – Classic Movie Review 1105

In ancient China, a defence officer called Nameless (Jet Li) sets out to best the three killers, Broken Sword (Tony Leung), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Moon (Zhang Ziyi) who are hell bent on killing […]

Apr, 17

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