Derek Winnert

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Behind Enemy Lines *** (2001, Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Gabriel Macht) – Classic Movie Review 1667

Director John Moore’s 2001 action thriller stars Owen Wilson as Lieutenant Chris Burnett, the navigator of a US reconnaissance plane shot down by Serbs over Bosnia. He becomes stranded in enemy territory and goes on […]

Sep, 13

Pitch Black **** (2000, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser, Radha Mitchell, Keith David) – Classic Movie Review 1623

A commercial transport spacecraft crashes, stranding the surviving passengers on a sun-scorched barren planet populated only by a dangerously troublesome alien race of predators. The bloodthirsty creatures come out to feast only by night, but unfortunately for the […]

Sep, 02

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog *** (1995, Jesse Bradford) – Classic Movie Review 1534

Jesse Bradford is super as young Angus McCormick (aged 14), who finds himself washed ashore in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest after a storm capsizes his boat at sea and separates him from his […]

Aug, 10

Dawn of the Dead *** (2004, Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell, Michael Kelly, Lindy Booth) – Classic Movie Review 1466

In his tense and exciting 2004 feature film debut, director Zack Snyder remakes George A. Romero’s 1978 zombie classic Dawn of the Dead as a horror action movie, working from a workmanlike screenplay by James Gunn, co-writer/director of […]

Jul, 24

The Edge **** (1997, Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson) – Classic Movie Review 1031

Director Lee Tamahori’s 1997 adventure offers Anthony Hopkins a chance he eagerly grabs to enjoy has a field day as an endlessly resourceful billionaire who suffers a plane crash and has to survive the Alaskan […]

Apr, 01

Lone Survivor **** (2013, Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana) – Movie Review

Writer-director Peter Berg tells the true story of Marcus Luttrell and his US Navy Seal team, who set out on a mission to capture or kill the notorious al Qaeda Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd in late June […]

Jan, 29

Red Planet **** (2000, Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 707

The special effects are out of this world in director Anthony Hoffman’s gripping Aussie-made 2001 sci-fi thriller, which provides an entertaining visual treat with its splendidly realised vision of Mars in the future. Mission commander […]

Jan, 17

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