Derek Winnert

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Birdman **** (2014, Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts) – Movie Review

Former Batman Michael Keaton bravely, boldly and extremely well plays Riggan Thomson, a well-known actor who once played an iconic movie superhero called The Birdman. Now washed-up after turning down a fourth instalment of the Birdman […]

Dec, 31

Enemy ***½ (2013, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon) – Movie Review

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Adam Bell, a rather sombre Toronto area history college professor stuck in a routine with his comfortably dull and repetitive job and quite boring live-in girlfriend called Mary (Mélanie Laurent). But, one night, […]

Dec, 19

To Be or Not To Be ***** (1942, Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 1,943

Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, Ernst Lubitsch’s controversial 1942 wartime comedy drama film To Be or Not To Be is incredibly daring, funny and poignant. Jack Benny and Carole Lombard (in her last […]

Dec, 10

Theatre of Blood **** (1973, Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Diana Dors) – Classic Movie Review 1936

Director Douglas Hickox’s engagingly outrageous 1973 British horror farce movie Theatre of Blood provides an ideal showcase for Vincent Price, whose talent for succulent over-acting is lavishly displayed when he plays crazed thespian Edward Lionheart, […]

Dec, 08

The Real Blonde **** (1997, Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Marlo Thomas, Maxwell Caulfield) – Classic Movie Review 1781

Writer-director Tom DiCillo’s bright 1997 showbiz comedy stars a well-paired and charismatic Matthew Modine and Catherine Keener. They are very appealing as a struggling actor and his makeup artist girlfriend in this thoroughly likeable, funny and […]

Oct, 25

Stuck on You *** (2003, Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Eva Mendes, Cher) – Classic Movie Review 1774

The Farrelly Brothers Peter and Bobby keep up their reputation for bad-taste comedy in the 2003 film Stuck on You by resurrecting their 12-year-old script about a pair of conjoined twins forced to share a […]

Oct, 23

The Impostors *** (1998, Stanley Tucci, Oliver Platt, Alfred Molina, Steve Buscemi) – Classic Movie Review 1691

Writer-star-director Stanley Tucci’s freewheeling 1998 old-style slapstick comedy is engagingly silly, fast-moving entertainment. Tucci and Oliver Platt do a Laurel and Hardy double act as Arthur and Maurice, out-of-work actors on the run – from just […]

Sep, 20

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