Derek Winnert

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Death of a Gunfighter *** (1969, Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 6503

Richard Widmark stars as Frank Patch, an old-fashioned marshal who sticks to his guns and will not resign when he has cleaned up a Texas town and his enemies want him out. But then outlaws turn […]

Jan, 01

Good Time **** (2017, Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Movie Review

The ironically titled Good Time is an extremely powerful thriller, mega tense and atmospheric. Career best performance (so far) by Robert Pattinson, a revelation, complete with rock solid, very particular American accent. Robert Pattinson and […]

Oct, 06

A Separate Peace *** (1972, John Heyl, Parker Stevenson, William Roerick) – Classic Movie Review 5972

Larry Pearce’s 1972 coming-of-age drama film A Separate Peace films the 1959 novel by John Knowles that tells the delicate, trail-blazing tale of the special friendship of two schoolboy roomies (John Heyl, Parker Stevenson) in […]

Aug, 26

Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge * (2017, Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario) – Movie Review

Johnny Depp returns for a fifth, and supposedly (and hopefully) last time as Captain Jack Sparrow, who finds that deadly ghost pirates led Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem) have escaped from the Devil’s Triangle, plotting to kill […]

May, 22

The Fly II ** (1989, Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga, Lee Richardson,John Getz) – Classic Movie Review 5304

Director Chris Walas’s 1989 sequel to the 1986 The Fly is really Son of the Fly, in what is actually a remake of the 1959 Return of the Fly, the first sequel to the original […]

Apr, 16

Get Out **** (2017, Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, LilRel Howery, Marcus Henderson, LilRel Howery) – Movie Review

The 2017 mystery horror thriller is an original mix of horror film and social commentary. Jordan Peele became the first African-American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar. London-born Daniel Kaluuya shows star quality. The […]

Mar, 17

Kong: Skull Island *** (2017, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, John C Reilly) – Movie Review

It is 1971, and America is afflicted by the twin monsters of the Vietnam War and Nixon, and a team of explorers and soldiers want to get away from it all – and travel to […]

Mar, 08

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