Derek Winnert

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Blow *** (2001, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ray Liotta, Rachel Griffiths, Franka Potente, Paul Reubens) – Classic Film Review 1193

Johnny Depp invariably boldly goes where few other stars would dream of, and usually it pays off handsomely. But this time back in 2001 he comes a bit of a cropper in this supposedly true, […]

May, 09

The Quiet Ones (Jared Harris, Sam Claflin) – Movie Review

Jared Harris battles a weak screenplay and underpowered direction as an arrogant Oxford University physics professor who assembles a small team of students to conduct an experiment on a teenage girl (Olivia Cooke) with psychiatric problems, […]

Apr, 09

East Is East **** (1999, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry) – Classic Movie Review 1042

Director Damien O’Donnell’s 1999 Film Four movie proved a very big popular hit in the UK. Om Puri brings a tragic dimension to what is basically a sitcom about a traditional Seventies Pakistani father who […]

Apr, 02

Breakfast on Pluto **** (2005, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Eamonn Owens) – Classic Movie Review 830

‘Same world, different planet!’ In brave, bold turn, and looking pretty as a picture, Cillian Murphy is a fabulous knockout as an Irish boy called Patrick Braden, who wants to be a girl called Kitten […]

Feb, 15

Drugstore Cowboy ***** (1989, Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 398

The 25-year-old Matt Dillon blazes across the screen in director Gus Van Sant’s powerful, riveting and acutely observed, anti-drugs drama from 1989. It scores strongly with its unusual, thought-proving, intelligently scripted story about a group of […]

Nov, 12

Boogie Nights ***** (1997, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 272

Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 breakthrough movie is a very adult, brilliantly staged epic look at the LA porn scene of the late 70s and early 80s. Epic in scale as well as running time (155 […]

Oct, 06

Annie Hall ***** (1977, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 196

‘That was the most fun I’ve ever had without laughing.’ No doubt about it, this 1977 report on romance in the 70s and New Yorkers’ inability to enjoy pleasure, is the quintessential Woody Allen movie, […]

Aug, 27

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