Derek Winnert

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The Book of Life ** (1998, Martin Donovan, P J Harvey, Dave Simonds, Thomas Jay Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 7104

Writer-director Hal Hartley’s weird, serious-minded 1998 fantasy comedy satire The Book of Life is a self-styled controversial retelling of the Apocalypse. Martin Donovan stars as Jesus Christ, who arrives in New York on millennium eve […]

May, 28

The Matrix Reloaded **** (2003, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Monica Bellucci, Lambert Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 7068

Back in the groovy superhero shades and a new swishy black coat, Keanu Reeves assumes his destiny as the hunky one who is The One in The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the second chapter of the […]

May, 19

Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return * (1999, John Franklin, Stacy Keach, Nancy Allen, Natalie Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 5853

John Franklin returns as Isaac from the original 1984 Children of the Corn for director Kari Skogland’s gory, tatty 1999 fifth sequel, in which, on a trip back to her hometown of Gatlin to find her […]

Aug, 04

The Black Room *** (1935, Boris Karloff, Marian Marsh, Robert Allen, Thurston Hall, Katherine DeMille, John Buckler, Torben Meyer, Henry Kolker, Colin Tapley, Edward Van Sloan, Egon Brecher) – Classic Movie Review 4556

Boris Karloff grabs his chance to play a pair of cursed Jekyll-and-Hyde-style brothers in director Roy William Neill’s sleek and eerie 1935 Gothic chiller showcasing two of Boris’s most effective turns. Karloff really relishes playing both […]

Oct, 28

Throne of Blood ***** [Kumonosu-jô] (1957, Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Minoru Chiaki) – Classic Movie Review 3732

Director Akira Kurosawa’s 1957 film masterpiece is a superb and stirring Japanese take on William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, topped off with a particularly rousing and exciting climax. It comes complete with a great central performance by […]

May, 21

Macbeth **** (1948, Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 773

Orson Welles’s 1948 film version of William Shakespeare’s great tragedy is highly intelligent and extremely watchable, even if it’s unattractively studio-bound and suffers from its low budget ($70,000), quick filming (21 days) cheap sets (designed […]

Jan, 30

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