Derek Winnert

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American Sniper ***** (2014, Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner) – Movie Review

Director Clint Eastwood’s devastating anti-war movie is one of his best films, with several scalding, edge-of-seat, life-or-death sequences that will always haunt the mind. Bradley Cooper is great as real-life US Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, whose accuracy […]

Jan, 06

Dirty Harry ***** (1971, Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, John Vernon, Reni Santoni, John Larch, John Mitchum) – Classic Movie Review 1262

‘I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? You’ve got to ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?’ – Inspector Harry Callahan. Director Don Siegel’s […]

May, 27

Enemy at the Gates **** (2001, Jude Law, Ed Harris, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Rachel Weisz) – Classic Film Review 841

Director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s compelling 2001 film tells the persistently small-scale, intimate wartime story of a Russian sniper Vassili (Jude Law) and a German marksman major Konig (Ed Harris) playing a lethal game of cat and […]

Feb, 18

The Expendables *** (2010, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke) – Classic Movie Review 804

‘We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.’ – Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone). Mercenaries Sylvester Stallone (aged 64), Jason Statham (38) and Jet Li (47) […]

Feb, 05

Phone Booth – Classic Film Review 655

Colin Farrell stars as slick and cocky New York PR guy Stu Shepard , who is trapped in a phone booth by a sniper (Kiefer Sutherland), threatening – on the phone – to shoot him unless […]

Jan, 08

Jack Reacher *** (2012, Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Jai Courtney, Richard Jenkins) – Movie Review

An expert sniper (Aussie rising star Jai Courtney) coolly kills five random people, and makes off leaving a lot of clues that lead to the arrest of an innocent man (Joseph Sikora), who, from his […]

Jun, 17

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