Derek Winnert

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The Out of Towners **** (1970, Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 1957

Most Neil Simon movie comedies were written as theatre plays and were then adapted into films, but he wrote this 1970 original The Out of Towners directly for the screen when he realised that it would be […]

Dec, 14

Die Hard 2 **** (1990, Bruce Willis, William Atherton, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler) – Classic Movie Review 1682

Bruce Willis makes a very welcome return as New York cop John McClane for a second scoop of blockbuster action. And this time his mission is to thwart a military operation by rogue military officials […]

Sep, 16

The Congress *** (2013, Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston) – Movie Review

Robin Wright bravely plays a version of herself, an aging, 44-year-old out-of-work actress who has made bad career, partner and life choices. But her agent Al (Harvey Keitel) talks her into reluctantly accepting one last job, becoming […]

Aug, 14

Bounce (2000, Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow) – Classic Film Review 1091

Writer-director Don Roos’s likeable 2000 romantic drama stars Ben Affleck as Buddy, a businessman waiting for his delayed aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. At the last minute he switches plane tickets with fellow passenger Greg […]

Apr, 14

Sleepless in Seattle ***** (1993, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger) – Classic Movie Review 811

Ah, you must remember this… C0-writer/director Nora Ephron’s 1993 delightfully funny and deliciously warm-hearted romantic comedy mixes laughs and love in the most winning of ways. Like the radio DJ in the movie, it’s incredibly […]

Feb, 07

Airplane! ***** (1980, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack) – Classic Movie Review 669

The 1980 disaster comedy film Airplane! comes up fresh and hilarious every time you see it, thanks to the exuberant playing of the non-stop scattershot of gags, the good, the bad and the corny. Written […]

Jan, 11

The Terminal *** (2004, Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride) – Classic Movie Review 483

Director Steven Spielberg’s 2004 airport drama is fascinating and of course impeccably made. It’s warm hearted and amusing but it’s also rather lethargic, artificial and slightly lacking enough spontaneous charm. Real life is re-invented as a […]

Dec, 07

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