Derek Winnert

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The Quiet Earth *** (1985, Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,778

Director Geoff Murphy’s 1985 post-apocalypse, last man on earth-style film The Quiet Earth is a handsome and involving sci-fi thriller from New Zealand about a scientific researcher named Zac Hobson (Bruno Lawrence) who awakens one morning […]

Jan, 12

Mortal Engines ** (2018, Hera Hilmar, Hugo Weaving, Jihae, Robert Sheehan, Leila George, Stephen Lang) – Movie Review

Director Christian Rivers’s 2018 teen fantasy action adventure Mortal Engines is very shakily based on the young adult novel of the same name by Philip Reeves. The story is cheesy and unconvincing on screen, lacking […]

Dec, 08

Maze Runner: The Death Cure *** (2018, Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Will Poulter, Ki Hong Lee, Katherine McNamara, Rosa Salazar) – Movie Review

In the epic finale to The Maze Runner saga, Dylan O’Brien returns as young hero Thomas, who leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final mission to break into the WCKD controlled last city […]

Jan, 23

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome *** (1985, Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Angelo Rossitto, Helen Buday, Rod Zuanick, Frank Thring) – Classic Movie Review 6,506

The 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is the lavish third part of director George Miller’s trilogy. in which Mel Gibson’s Max leads a revolt by children against villainous Aunty Entity (Tina Turner). The 1985 […]

Jan, 01

Mad Max 2 [The Road Warrior] **** (1981, Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, Kjell Nilsson, Virginia Hey) – Classic Movie Review 6505

The bigger budget and the growing confidence and skill of star Mel Gibson and director George Miller are much in evidence in the thrilling 1981 second helping of more of the Max factor. Gibson walks […]

Jan, 01

Hardware *** (1990, Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch) – Classic Movie Review 6407

Writer-director Richard Stanley’s 1990 British cult sci-fi horror thriller is a full-blooded, full-on shocker affair, with all systems go to combat a routine, derivative tale about a killer robot terrorising the heroine Jill Grakowski (Stacey […]

Dec, 14

War for the Planet of the Apes *** (2017, Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn) – Movie Review

Now a fully English speaking talking ape, chimp leader Caesar (Andy Serkis) and the apes he commands are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of rebel humans led by the viciously ruthless Colonel […]

Jul, 11

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