Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "based on book"

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot *** (2016, Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman) – Movie Review

Tina Fey throws everything she knows into a big serious star role in which she plays the feisty, workaholic real-life American journalist Kim Barker in an entertaining movie that recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan when she’s […]

May, 11

Live Flesh [Carne Trémula] **** (1997, Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Ángela Molina, José Sancho, Penélope Cruz) – Classic Movie Review 3581

Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar‘s sexy and thrilling 1997 12th feature film Live Flesh, or Carne Trémula in Spanish (literally ‘trembling flesh’), is a romantic drama thriller starring Liberto Rabal, Javier Bardem, and Francesca Neri. Almodóvar again successfully […]

Apr, 17

The Man Who Knew Infinity **½ (2015, Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Toby Jones, Kevin McNally, Jeremy Northam, Devika Bhise, Stephen Fry) – Movie Review

The Man Who Knew Infinity tells a thought-provoking, civilised story, Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel are excellent, and the Cambridge shooting is good too. Writer-director Matt Brown’s old-fashioned 2015 biopic of Indian maths genius Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar […]

Apr, 07

Goosebumps ***½ (2015, Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell) – Movie Review

Dylan Minnette stars in this delightful fantasy adventure horror comedy as nice American teenager Zach, who moves from New York to the small town of Madison, Delaware, with his equally nice mom (Amy Ryan) after his […]

Jan, 17

Lucky Jim **** (1957, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Hugh Griffith, Kenneth Griffith, Maureen Connell, Sharon Acker, John Welsh) – Classic Movie Review 1845

Director John Boulting and producer Roy Boulting’s 1957 movie Lucky Jim is a Fifties British comedy classic, based on the famed novel by Kingsley Amis – one of his very best. Ian Carmichael enjoys a […]

Nov, 16

The Quiet American *** (2002, Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser) – Classic Film Review 1221

Director Phillip Noyce’s 2002 thriller stars Oscar-nominated Michael Caine, who is back on top form in this classy and compelling version of Graham Greene’s distinguished novel. Caine plays Thomas Fowler, an ageing British reporter for […]

May, 16

Damn Yankees! ***** (1958, Tab Hunter, Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston) – Classic Movie Review 1150

The original stage director and co-author George Abbott brings Broadway’s neon-bright 1955 Faust fantasy musical to the screen with great zest, flair and style. Happily, he keeps the stage show virtually intact and retains most of the […]

Apr, 26

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