Derek Winnert

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Mommie Dearest **** (1981, Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva, Jocelyn Brando) – Classic Movie Review 6645

‘Don’t f**k with me fellas. This ain’t my first time at the rodeo.’ – Joan Crawford. Co-writer/ director Frank Perry’s 1981 biopic of Joan Crawford is deliriously kitsch and trashy ultra-extravagant entertainment, now established as […]

Feb, 03

I, Tonya **** (2017, Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney) – Movie Review 

Director Craig Gillespie’s bold and tough-toned 2017 movie tackles the controversial life story of American competitive ice skater Tonya Harding and casts Margot Robbie, who gives a brave, battling performance, as convincing on the ice […]

Jan, 12

A Patch of Blue **** (1965, Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon) – Classic Movie Review 4704

Writer/ co-producer/ director Guy Green’s 1965 racially-charged weepie drama is well meaning, conscientiously done and appealing. It was significant at the time in its exploration of racism against the backdrop of the growing US civil […]

Nov, 26

The Reflecting Skin **** (1990, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 733

Writer-director Philip Ridley’s ultra-disturbing and dazzling 1990 art movie mixes horror, movie poetry and black humour to commanding effect. Jeremy Cooper (aged 10) plays Seth Dove, a fantasising boy in rural America in the 1950s, whose father, […]

Jan, 22

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