Derek Winnert

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The Boss Baby *** (2017, voices of Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, Miles Bakshi) – Movie Review

Director Tom McGrath’s quirky, amusing and likeable 2017 DreamWorks CGI animation starts with a real good idea to kick it off. There are lots of quite big laughs to be found, especially early on, and […]

Apr, 03

Junior ** (1994, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson) – Classic Movie Review 5243

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the likeable stars of Twins (1988), are re-teamed as doctors Alex Hesse and Larry Arbogast for director Ivan Reitman’s less funny but still amusing 1994 silly comedy. Playing off his macho image, […]

Apr, 03

Maybe Baby ** (2000, Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson, Adrian Lester, James Purefoy, Tom Hollander, Joanna Lumley, Matthew Macfadyen) – Classic Movie Review 4877

Writer-director Ben Elton’s strained 2000 BBC Films comedy is based on his own novel Inconceivable and marks the funny stand-up comedian’s directorial debut. It stars Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson as Sam and Lucy Bell, […]

Jan, 11

The Light Between Oceans *** (2016, Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Anthony Hayes) – Movie Review

Derek Cianfrance’s first film since his edgy epic crime thriller The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) is a very different kind of movie, a classy old-style romantic drama about a World War One battle-scarred, world-weary lighthouse keeper, Tom […]

Oct, 20

Dog Eat Dog *** (2016, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matthew Cook, Paul Schrader) – Movie Review

Some crazy movie, Dog Eat Dog!! A bunch of old guys behaving badly, well we know what that’s like! Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe and Christopher Matthew Cook star as ex-con buddies Troy, Mad Dog and Diesel, […]

Oct, 11

Flesh and Bone ** (1993, Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, James Caan) – Classic Movie Review 4398

Following his delicious debut with The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), writer Steve Kloves’s second film as director is this conscientious and smouldering but sometimes rather boring and long drawn-out 1993 romantic mystery melodrama. Its main strengths and […]

Sep, 23

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle **** (1992, Annabella Sciorra, Rebecca De Mornay, Matt McCoy, Ernie Hudson, Julianne Moore) – Classic Movie Review 4389

Director Curtis Hanson’s thrilling 1992 chiller is an extremely effective rollercoaster of tension, unease, fear and terror, with a long, creepy and suspenseful build-up to the eventual out-and-out horror of the dénouement. Annabella Sciorra stars […]

Sep, 21

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