Derek Winnert

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Infernal Affairs ***** (2002, Andy Lau, Tony Leung) – Classic Movie Review 1997

The 2002 Hong Kong cult favourite that inspired Martin Scorsese‘s spectacular 2006 crime thriller epic The Departed is a spectacular thrill ride in its own right and, with its stupendous premise, one of the all-time great […]

Dec, 23

The Departed ***** (2006, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg) – Classic Movie Review 1996

Martin Scorsese‘s spectacular 2006 crime thriller epic boldly remakes the 2002 Hong Kong cult favourite Infernal Affairs and hit the jackpot at the box office and the Oscars. winning four, including Best Motion Picture of the Year […]

Dec, 23

Narc **** (2002, Ray Liotta, Jason Patric, Chi McBride, Krista Bridges) – Classic Movie Review 1824

Writer-director Joe Carnahan’s 2002 movie is a commendably tough, intelligent and convincing Seventies-style police thriller. At long last there is a good role for Jason Patric as Nick Tellis, a Detroit PD ex-drugs cop reassigned when […]

Nov, 09

The Salton Sea *** (2002, Val Kilmer, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard, Adam Goldberg) – Classic Movie Review 1625

Director D J Caruso’s gritty and exciting 2002 all-star thriller stars Val Kilmer as Danny Parker, who adopts a new lowlife identity and goes among drug pushers and crooks to find his beloved wife’s killers. […]

Sep, 02

22 Jump Street *** (2014, Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Amber Stevens, Peter Stormare, Jillian Bell, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen) – Movie Review

Soppy American police officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are once again sent age-inappropriately undercover, this time as students at a local college, after finally having made their way through high school twice. Nothing much has […]

Jun, 05

The Paleface **** (1948, Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 1171

Bob Hope stars in one of his best-loved roles as the totally inept dentist and confirmed coward ‘Painless’ Peter Potter, who hitches up with Jane Russell’s sharp-shooting gal Calamity Jane to dodge attacks from both Native […]

May, 02

The Raid 2 (Iko Uwais) – Movie Review

Iko Uwais is back as Jakarta cop Rama in Welsh director Gareth Evans’s astounding, pounding, scalding epic Indonesian gangster movie sequel to the 2011 blockbuster. Two and a half hours of serious, full-on non-stop action, it’s […]

Apr, 09

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