Derek Winnert

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Flying Down to Rio **** (1933, Gene Raymond, Dolores del Rio, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Raul Roulien, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore) – Classic Movie Review 2960

Director Thornton Freeland’s fun and sometimes still thrilling 1933 musical Flying Down to Rio is famous now, if at all, as the first teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in what turned out to […]

Oct, 05

Flightplan *** (2005, Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean) – Classic Movie Review 2285

How can bereaved mum Jodie Foster’s little girl simply vanish into thin air on a plane flying at 30,000ft from Berlin to the US? Sorry, it could just never happen! And the writers Peter A […]

Mar, 19

Unbroken **** (2014, Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Luke Treadaway, Jai Courtney, Finn Wittrock) – Movie Review

Unbroken is a gruelling, harrowing and upsetting true-life story of unimaginably appalling wartime suffering. But the film is brilliantly done and another feather in the cap of our little marvel Jack O’Connell. O’Connell hits the […]

Dec, 18

Die Hard 2 **** (1990, Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler) – Classic Movie Review 1682

Bruce Willis makes a very welcome return as New York cop John McClane for a second scoop of blockbuster action. And this time his mission is to thwart a military operation by rogue military officials […]

Sep, 16

Air Force One *** (1997, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close) – Classic Movie Review 754

In director Wolfgang Petersen’s 1997 action thriler, Harrison Ford stars as the US President, James Marshall, returning home from Moscow aboard his private plane Air Force One, when it is hijacked by Russian terrorists, led […]

Jan, 26

Airport ’77 ** (1977, Jack Lemmon, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Olivia de Havilland, James Stewart, Joseph Cotten, Darren McGavin, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 673

Director Jerry Jameson’s 1977 third Airport movie is a lumbering disaster movie epic that is completely preposterous and often unintentionally funny. But it is still fairly exciting and somewhat enjoyable. It sends a luxury 747 airliner […]

Jan, 11

Final Destination **** (2000, Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Brendan Fehr, Amanda Detmer, Tony Todd) – Classic Movie Review 271

James Wong’s 2000 film Final Destination is a great fun, cleverly staged teen chiller. It is ingeniously written by Jeffrey Reddick, with a strong theme, credible dialogue, effective performances (especially by Devon Sawa) and excellently […]

Oct, 05

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