Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "vampire"

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon *** (2009, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick) – Classic Movie Review 587

New Moon, the 2009 Part Two in The Twilight Saga, focuses entirely on Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan, who is heartbroken when her vampire lover, Edward Cullen, leaves just after her 18th birthday. She finds solace […]

Dec, 28

The Wisdom of Crocodiles [Immortality] **** (1998, Jude Law, Elina Löwensohn, Timothy Spall, Jack Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 381

Written by Paul Hoffman and directed by Po-Chih Leong, the deliciously sleek, creepy and romantic 1998 vampire thriller The Wisdom of Crocodiles [Immortality] is set in contemporary London. There the handsome scoundrel and seducer, Steven […]

Nov, 09

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter *** (2012, Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Marton Csokas) – Movie Review

Was 16th US President Abraham Lincoln a vampire hunter? Of course he wasn’t! Or was he…? ‘It’s just not historical,’ angry critics were shouting and moaning after the press show. Er, that’s right, it’s escapist […]

Oct, 15

Only Lovers Left Alive ** (2013, Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, John Hurt, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska) – Movie Review

Only Lovers Left Alive tries to reinvent the vampire story and come up with some new mythology but it ends up being largely a load of camp nonsense as top Brit luvvies pretend to be […]

Oct, 14

Bram Stoker’s Dracula **** (1992, Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 244

Francis Coppola’s beautifully produced 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel is luxurious, sensual and richly enjoyable, though it has many faults and maybe we expected a greater movie from this greatest of all directors. […]

Sep, 16

Nosferatu the Vampyre [Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht] **** (1979, Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz) – Classic Movie Review 238

‘The Master is coming.’ – Renfield. ‘Cruel is when you can’t die even if you want to.’ – Dracula. Director Werner Herzog triumphantly remakes the famous 1921 horror silent with all due respect to the […]

Sep, 14

Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors [Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens] ***** (1922, Max Schreck, Greta Schröder, Ruth Landshoff) – Classic Movie Review 237

F W Murnau’s classic vampire film Nosferatu, A Symphony of Horrors is an unlicensed adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. The great grand-daddy of all horror movies, it is silent movie gothic horror at […]

Sep, 13

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