Derek Winnert

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou **** (2004, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seymour Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 600

Effortlessly strange, the 2004 comedy The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is another crazy cult hit movie from Wes Anderson, the maker of Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums. It boasts a dazzling ensemble cast, who take […]

Dec, 30

Face/Off *** (1997, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen) – Classic Movie Review 598

The incredibly popular but silly, empty and shockingly violent action thriller Face/Off from 1997 continued Hong Kong director John Woo’s mediocre American career. Though, with Woo’s slick, robust handling plus John Travolta and Nicolas Cage’s […]

Dec, 30

Kill Bill: Vol 1 **** (2003, Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Lucy Liu, Vivica A Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Michael Parks) – Classic Movie Review 364

In 2003, Quentin Tarantino returned for his fourth film – or at least half of it, as it’s been chopped in two, with part two eventually released eight months later. Uma Thurman, Marsellus’s sexy, drug-addled wife […]

Nov, 04

To Die For **** (1995, Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Illeana Douglas, Casey Affleck) – Classic Movie Review 346

In 1995 Nicole Kidman landed what was then her best role to date and grabbed it by the throat in Buck Henry’s screenplay based on a novel by Joyce Maynard. Kidman plays Suzanne Stone, a […]

Oct, 31

Gangs of New York ***** (2002, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 276

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited, highly ambitious and well received 2002 American fictional historical epic. In an unpleasant slap in the face, it was nominated for 10 Oscars and didn’t win a single one. […]

Oct, 07

Man on Fire **** (2004, Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Mickey Rourke, Giancarlo Giannini, Rachel Ticotin, Marc Anthony) – Classic Movie Review 256

Both Denzel Washington and his true Brit director Tony Scott are on fire with this pounding, in-your-face 2004 thriller, based on the novel by A J Quinnell. It’s exhilarating and scary high-adrenaline stuff, delivered at full pelt […]

Sep, 21

Road to Perdition ***** (2002, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin, Daniel Craig, Ciarân Hinds, Stanley Tucci, Dylan Baker, Jude Law) – Classic Movie Review 234

A haunting, unmissable gangster movie with a dazzling surface, director Sam Mendes’s 2002 follow-up to his American Beauty has got class written all over every frame of it. It is superbly crafted with beautiful performances, particularly […]

Sep, 09

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