Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "murder investigation"

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Thunderheart **½ (1992, Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene, Fred Ward) – Classic Movie Review 10,905

Director Michael Apted’s 1992 crime mystery thriller Thunderheart is written by John Fusco, shot by Roger Deakins, and scored by James Horner, and stars Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene and Fred Ward. There is […]

Feb, 12

Gorky Park *** (1983, William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Ian Bannen, Joanna Pacula) – Classic Movie Review 9643

Director Michael Apted’s 1983 Gorky Park stars William Hurt, Lee Marvin and Brian Dennehy, who are all excellent in this sombre, well-crafted and at least half-decent thriller, scripted from Martin Cruz Smith’s bestseller by controversial […]

Apr, 17

Clue ** (1985, Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Mull) – Classic Movie Review 7445

Director Jonathan Lynn’s 1985 black-comedy movie  Clue is surely the first film to be based on a board game, which of course means trouble ahead as there is no story to base the movie on, […]

Aug, 15

Thunder on the Hill [Bonaventure] *** (1951, Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas, Anne Crawford, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 6675

Director Douglas Sirk’s 1951 thriller was his first A-project in the first year of his contract with Universal, following the modest B-movie Mystery Submarine (1950). It stars Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Douglas and Anne […]

Feb, 10

Insomnia **** (1997, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg, Gisken Armand) – Classic Movie Review 6618

In co-writer/ director Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s distinguished, ultra-creepy 1997 Norwegian thriller, Stellan Skarsgård plays disgraced Swedish murder investigator cop Jonas Engström, who is sent to a Norwegian town with 24-hour daylight to investigate the death of […]

Jan, 29

Jigsaw * (2017, Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell, Callum Keith Rennie, Hannah Emily Anderson, Clé Bennett) – Movie Review

Eleanor Bonneville: ‘It’s Jigsaw.’ Logan Nelson: ‘Jigsaw’s dead.’ Eleanor Bonneville: ‘Is he?’ The Spierig Brothers’ tediously gruesome and grisly reboot of the Saw franchise is as disgusting and revolting as it is stale and pointless. […]

Oct, 28

Hellraiser: Inferno ** (2001, Craig Sheffer, Nicholas Turturro, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 6120

‘The Terrifying New Chapter In The Hellraiser Legacy!’ Co-writer/ producer/ director Scott Derrickson’s promised 2001 fifth episode is another contrived low-budget ($2 million) mess, but with some reasonable performances, okay effects, and enough exciting Hellraiser violence […]

Oct, 21

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