Derek Winnert

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Oxygen *** (1999, Maura Tierney, Adrien Brody, Dylan Baker, James Naughton) – Classic Movie Review 2803

Co-producer/writer/director Richard Shepard’s 1999 psychological thriller is busy, twisting and nasty toned. Maura Tierney stars as Madeline Foster, a sado-masochistic police detective who tries to free a hostage who’s been buried alive at gunpoint in […]

Aug, 13

Suicide Kings **** (1997, Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery) – Classic Movie Review 2609

Christopher Walken stars as New York crime boss Charles Bennett, who is kidnapped from his favourite restaurant by four rich boys (Sean Patrick Flanery, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto, Henry Thomas) and awakes to find himself […]

Jun, 17

Seance on a Wet Afternoon **** (1964, Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough, Nanette Newman, Patrick Magee, Margaret Lacey) – Classic Movie Review 2,425

Bryan Forbes directs the extraordinary, spine-tingling 1964 psychological thriller film Seance on a Wet Afternoon. Kim Stanley stars in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance as a near insane medium. Writer-director-co-producer Bryan Forbes directed this […]

Apr, 25

Kidnapping Mr Heineken ** (2015, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Kwanten) – Movie Review

Freddy Heineken: ‘There is two ways a man can be rich in this world. He can have a lot of money or he can have a lot of friends. But he cannot have both.’ Jim […]

Apr, 02

Horrible Bosses 2 ** (2014, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day) – Movie Review

Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Charlie Day are back as Nick, Kurt and Dale, who previously had horrible bosses but now decide to start a business of their own making patented shower heads – the Shower […]

Nov, 26

A Life Less Ordinary ** (1997, Cameron Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm) – Classic Movie Review 1876

Director Danny Boyle’s 1997 movie is an honourable flop this time round from the Trainspotting (1996) production team, commendably trying something bold and adventurous a million miles away from their previous hit, with a modern […]

Nov, 23

Trapped *** (2002, Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 1754

Director Luis Mandoki’s 2002 thriller stars Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Hickey, Cheryl and Marvin, scumbag lowlifes who make an unhealthy living kidnapping kids for the ransom money. But they meet […]

Oct, 08

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