Derek Winnert

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Tape *** (2001, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman) – Classic Movie Review 10,711

‘Some things can’t be erased’. Richard Linklater’s 2001 drama Tape is a digital-video film version of Stephen Belber’s stage play, with the screenplay also by Stephen Belber, in a single location and single set production. […]

Dec, 27

Roger & Me *** (1989, Michael Moore, Roger B Smith) – Classic Movie Review 10,275

The Me of the title is film-maker reporter Michael Moore whose satirical 1989 documentary feature Roger & Me [Roger and Me] trails Roger B Smith, chairman of General Motors, who cut 35,000 jobs when he closed […]

Sep, 08

Good Morning Babylon [Good Morning Babilonia] **** (1987, Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi, Charles Dance) – Classic Movie Review 9744

Charles Dance steals the 1987 show Good Morning Babylon as movie pioneer director D W Griffith in a charming homage to silent film-making from Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, the Italian heavyweight directors responsible for […]

May, 10

It Should Happen to You ***** (1954, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford) – Classic Movie Review 5092

Director George Cukor’s 1954 classic comedy stars Judy Holliday as model girl Gladys Glover, who spends $1,000 to advertise herself on a giant New York billboard in her desperate big to get famous – even […]

Mar, 01

Overnight ***½ (2003, Troy Duffy, Jeffrey Baxter, Chris Brinker) – Classic Movie Review 4673

Struggling 25-year-old musician and barman Troy Duffy did the difficult immediately: he wrote a script for a movie called The Boondock Saints and sold it to the ace independent film company Miramax. The deal was, […]

Nov, 20

Melinda and Melinda *** (2004, Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, Radha Mitchell, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Sevigny, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Wallace Shawn, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet) – Classic Movie Review 4355

Writer-director Woody Allen’s witty 2004 movie has writers arguing at dinner how they would tell a tale. So sad divorcée Melinda (Radha Mitchell) gatecrashes a party, and then the yarn is played for serious and also […]

Sep, 13

Chaplin *** (1992, Robert Downey Jr, Geraldine Chaplin, Dan Aykroyd, Kevin Kline, Diane Lane, John Thaw, Anthony Hopkins) – Classic Movie Review 4348

American actor Robert Downey Jr was a controversial choice in the UK as the British silent comic actor and movie star who astoundingly was once the most famous man in the world, both as an […]

Sep, 12

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