Derek Winnert

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Casino Royale *** (2006, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino) – Classic Movie Review 838

Daniel Craig was named as the sixth actor to play James Bond in October 2005, following Pierce Brosnan’s surprise departure from the role after Die Another Day in 2002. Allegedly the popular Brosnan was asking for […]

Feb, 18

Brazil ***** (1985, Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro, Jim Broadbent, Michael Palin, Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, Peter Vaughan) – Classic Movie Review 836

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s dazzling 1985 movie provides an ambitious, horrifying vision of a dystopian world in the style of George Orwell’s novel 1984, predicting and condemning a bizarrely convoluted and inefficient state. Gilliam’s nightmarish vision makes for […]

Feb, 16

Air Force One *** (1997, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close) – Classic Movie Review 754

In director Wolfgang Petersen’s 1997 action thriler, Harrison Ford stars as the US President, James Marshall, returning home from Moscow aboard his private plane Air Force One, when it is hijacked by Russian terrorists, led […]

Jan, 26

Patriot Games *** (1992, Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Thora Birch, James Fox, Patrick Bergin) – Classic Movie Review 727

Director Phillip Noyce’s 1992 blockbuster has its exciting moments but overall it is a surprisingly plodding, clunky and lame action thriller based on Tom Clancy’s bestseller. Harrison Ford is dependable and sympathetic but unexpectedly dull as […]

Jan, 20

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit *** (2014, Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley) – Movie Review

Chris Pine takes over Harrison Ford’s old role as covert CIA analyst Jack Ryan, recruited by Kevin Costner’s CIA boss man Thomas Harper, who uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist […]

Jan, 20

Men in Black **** (1997, Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn, Linda Fiorentino) – Classic Movie Review 631

Barry Sonnenfeld’s witty, sassy and funny 1997 sci-fi fantasy comedy Men in Black proves just the right stuff for kings of cool Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones plus canny director Sonnenfeld, who goes at […]

Jan, 05

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

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