Derek Winnert

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The Chronicles of Riddick ** (2004, Vin Diesel, Judi Dench, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton, Karl Urban, Alexa Davalos, Linus Roache, Keith David) – Classic Movie Review 1624

Vin Diesel again stars as Riddick in writer-director David N Twohy’s great-looking, extremely expensive and highly ambitious but sadly failed 2004 sequel to 2000’s hit sci-fi thriller Pitch Black, based again on the characters by Jim and Ken […]

Sep, 02

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ***** (2000, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh) – Classic Movie Review 1326

Director Ang Lee’s dazzling, Oscar-winning 2000 epic martial-arts thriller is an instant modern classic. After a couple of box-office failures in America, this glorious-looking Chinese movie reconnected the director with a wide public in a sweet surprise success […]

Jun, 15

Braveheart **** (1995, Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan) – Classic Movie Review 1138

Director Mel Gibson’s boisterous, robust, gory 1995 Scottish historical action adventure triumph won five Oscars, including best picture, director, cinematography, makeup and sound effects editing, and proved one of his biggest successes. As star performer, Gibson […]

Apr, 23

Underworld **** (2003, Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly) – Classic Movie Review 1069

Director Len Wiseman’s exciting, visually stylish 2003 gothic action horror movie, made in Budapest, Hungary, stars Kate Beckinsale as the icily toothsome heroine Selene, a vampire warrior belonging to the Death Dealers, a group specialising in assassinating […]

Apr, 07

Blade II *** (2002, Wesley Snipes. Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Thomas Kretschmann, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Luke Goss) – Classic Movie Review 1066

Wesley Snipes returns as in director Guillermo del Toro’s 2002 sequel to the 1998 hit Blade, as Marv Wolfman’s cartoon superhero Blade, a vampire-hunter swordsman who’s half-vampire himself, but gets out in the daytime with […]

Apr, 06

The Scorpion King **** (2002, Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Michael Clarke) – Classic Movie Review 383

Wrestling star The Rock is as solid as a rock as a movie star in the title role in this thrilling, non-stop action spin-off from The Mummy Returns (2001), directed by Chuck Russell in 2002. […]

Nov, 10

Conan the Barbarian **** (1982, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman) – Classic Movie Review 343

John Milius’s savage comic-book sword and sorcery 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, based on the tales of Robert E Howard, is written and made in the grandest style. Milius describes it as a ‘feverish dream […]

Oct, 31

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