Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "box office flop"

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Ishtar * (1987, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani) – Classic Movie Review 7218

Warren Beatty defends the 1987 mega-flop Ishtar as ‘a very good, not very big, comedy, made by a brilliant woman. And I think it’s funny.’ Disaster struck writer-director Elaine May’s daft little 1987 comedy Ishtar […]

Jun, 24

Revolution * (1985, Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 6958

Director Hugh Hudson’s costly and ambitious but doomed 1985 historical drama Revolution proved a disaster for the British director, who misguidedly examines what it was like to be swept up in the American War of […]

Apr, 22

One from the Heart **** (1981, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 4,727

Frederic Forrest and Teri Garr star as lustful Hank and dreamy Frannie, who find new dream partners (Nastassja Kinski, Raul Julia) one 4 July night in Las Vegas, in Francis Coppola’s incredibly lavish and imaginative […]

Dec, 01

City of Ember ** (2008, Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 4613

Director Gil Kenan’s stylish looking but creaky 2008 family science fiction fantasy adventure was a box office flop, although it has a good production and a strong cast of stars in Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, […]

Nov, 08

How Do You Know ** (2010, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson) – Classic Movie Review 4609

Reese Witherspoon flops as over-the-hill star softball player Lisa (she’s 30) taking stock of her life after being dumped from the team and fretting over which of her two men she should choose. The choice is […]

Nov, 08

Free State of Jones **** (2016, Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali) – Movie Review

Matthew McConaughey stars as disillusioned Confederate army deserter Newton Knight, a defiant Southern farmer who returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters, runaway slaves and women in an armed rebellion against the corrupt […]

Oct, 02

Chasing Mavericks ***½ (2012, Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin) – Classic Movie Review 4394

Director Curtis Hanson’s last film was Chasing Mavericks in 2012, but alas he was unable to finish the film because of ill health and Michael Apted replaced him as director for the final days of shooting. Hanson was […]

Sep, 22

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