Derek Winnert

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The Hitcher ***** (1986, Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 400

Director Robert Harmon’s awesome 1986 cult psycho horror thriller The Hitcher is a gruesomely terrifying thrill ride. It takes as tenacious a hold on the minds and sensibilities of the audience as its villain Rutger Hauer […]

Nov, 13

The Lodger (A Story of the London Fog) ***** (1927, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, June Tripp, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen) – Classic Movie Review 274

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film version of the famous 1913 novel The Lodger by Mrs Marie Belloc Lowndes is his first thriller,  establishing him as a star name director. The Lodger (A Story of the […]

Oct, 06

American Psycho **** (2000, Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Jared Leto, Justin Theroux, Bill Sage, Samantha Mathis) – Classic Film Review 261

Christian Bale gives an astonishing performance as 27-year-old Eighties New York yuppie Patrick Bateman, a handsome, well educated, brilliantly groomed and superbly gym-fit, muscled-up Wall Street broker. He earns a fortune in his job by […]

Sep, 30

The Call *** (2013, Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund) – Movie Review

Halle Berry’s the perfect fit here as a veteran 911 emergency call centre operator who takes over the call when an average American teenage girl (Abigail Breslin) is abducted by a serial killer (Michael Eklund) […]

Sep, 17

Shadow of a Doubt ***** (1943, Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers, Hume Cronyn) – Classic Movie Review 231

Taut, tense and bristling with pent-up sexual frisson, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1943 dark little gem is one of his cleverest, most inspired movies. Joseph Cotten enjoys one of his finest roles as the smooth and sophisticated, […]

Sep, 07

Monster **** (2003, Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Pruitt Taylor Vince) – Classic Movie Review 150

An unrecognisable Charlize Theron is an amazing revelation in her 2004 Best Actress Oscar-winning role as blowsy, lowlife Daytona Beach hooker Aileen Wuornos, who went on a killing spree in late-80s Florida, bumping off seven […]

Aug, 11

Manhunter ***** (1986, William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina) – Classic Movie Review 136

Michael Mann’s much-admired 1986 thriller film Manhunter is dark, dangerous and scary. Brian Cox plays the jailed cannibal serial killer Hannibal, asked to help FBI agent Will Graham (William Petersen) catch the Tooth Fairy. In […]

Aug, 08

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