Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "reboot"

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Charlie’s Angels * (2019, Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska) – Movie Review

Charlie’s Angels (2019) is empty-headed adventure comedy hokum, with Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott, Ella Balinska and Elizabeth Banks all pleasant presences and working hard enough but to little avail. They are chasing after some ludicrous […]

Dec, 03

Child’s Play *** (2019, Aubrey Plaza, Gabriel Bateman, voice of Mark Hamill) – Movie Review

The original 30-year old franchise got up to Child’s Play 7, and now it’s back and just as dodgy and nasty as ever. Norwegian director Lars Klevberg makes the 2019 horror movie Child’s Play very […]

Jun, 21

Kong: Skull Island *** (2017, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, John C Reilly) – Movie Review

It is 1971, and America is afflicted by the twin monsters of the Vietnam War and Nixon, and a team of explorers and soldiers want to get away from it all – and travel to […]

Mar, 08

The Transporter Refueled *** (2015, Ed Skrein, Loan Chabanol, Ray Stevenson) – Movie Review

Statham is missed but Skrein is fine. Camden bloke Ed Skrein, aged 32, has the difficult task of stepping into Jason Statham’s worn-out shoes as The Transporter in this fast-moving, all-action B-movie thriller from director […]

Sep, 03

Fantastic Four ** (2015, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell) – Movie Review

It is ten years since the first Fantastic Four (2005) and eight since Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), but nothing much has changed since then in director Josh Trank’s reboot of the Marvel superhero […]

Aug, 06

Terminator Genisys *** (2015, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke) – Movie Review

The fourth rebooted Terminator movie with Christian Bale, Terminator Salvation in 2009, did not please enough fans. So Arnold Schwarzenegger has a rare opportunity to grab back his original franchise in director Alan Taylor’s Terminator […]

Jul, 01

Batman Begins ***** (2005, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Ken Watanabe, Katie Holmes, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson) – Classic Movie Review 846

The darkness falls over Gotham City and co-writer/director Christopher Nolan’s thrilling 2005 Batman/Dark Knight reboot is a triumph, and so is Christian Bale’s sombre Bruce Wayne/Batman, who is centre stage all the way as we discover […]

Feb, 23

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