Derek Winnert

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Phantasm *** (1979, Angus Scrimm, A Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister) – Classic Movie Review 3275

The 6′ 4″ evil screen villain Angus Scrimm (aka Lawrence Rory Guy), most famous as The Tall Man in Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm (1979) and its sequels, died at the age of 89 on January 9, 2016. His […]

Jan, 17

Slumdog Millionaire ***** (2008, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla, Irrfan Khan, Anil Kapoor) – Classic Movie Review 2907

Director Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire triumphed at the 2009 Oscars, winning eight, including Best Motion Picture, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay (Simon Beaufoy) and Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle). A long, atmospheric film […]

Sep, 13

The Neon Bible **** (1995, Jacob Tierney, Gena Rowlands, Diana Scarwid, Denis Leary, Frances Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 2,875

Terence Davies’s 1995 drama film The Neon Bible tells the enchanting story of a 15-year-old boy (Jacob Tierney) in Georgia in the Forties, troubled by his high-handed parents and Bible-led life. Gena Rowlands is wonderful […]

Sep, 03

Girlhood [Bande de filles] *** (2014, Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh) – Movie Review

Writer-director Céline Sciamma‘s engrossing French coming-of-age epic tackles the thorny though much-examined issues of race, class and non-conformity, but in a fresh and furious way. Karidja Touré (actually 20 at the time) is remarkable in […]

May, 14

The Maze Runner *** (2014, Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson) – Movie Review

The 23-year-old TV Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien plays the hero Thomas, who emerges into a community of about 60 teenage boys after his memory is erased and he wakes up in an elevator. Director Wes […]

Oct, 08

Boys ** (1996, Winona Rider, Lucas Haas, John C Reilly, James LeGros, Skeet Ulrich, Wiley Wiggins) – Classic Movie Review 1486

Stacy Cochran’s interesting 1996 drama film Boys, with the theme of teenage lost innocence and growing up, has an excellent young cast of Winona Rider, Lucas Haas, John C Reilly, James LeGros, Skeet Ulrich and […]

Jul, 28

Total Eclipse ** (1995, Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer) – Classic Movie Review 1038

Director Agnieszka Holland’s 1995 adaptation of Christopher Hampton’s play (with a screenplay by the playwright himself) about the destructive mutual passion of the 19th-century French poets Arthur Rambeau and Paul Verlaine is a depressing fiasco […]

Apr, 02

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