Derek Winnert

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The Pass *** (2016, Russell Tovey, Arinzé Kene, Lisa McGrillis, Nico Mirallegro, Rory J Saper) – Classic Movie Review 11,131

Russell Tovey stars as a closeted gay footballer in The Pass (2016). The Pass (2016) has a witty, punning title. There is a football pass on the football field, which has a central significance in […]

Apr, 23

Dear Brigitte ** (1965, James Stewart, Fabian Forte, Glynis Johns, Cindy Carol, Billy Mumy, John Williams, Jack Kruschen) – 2017 Classic Movie Review 5960

James Stewart stars as absent-minded poet American Professor Robert Leaf, whose little boy Erasmus with freckles (Billy Mumy) is a maths prodigy who writes a fan letter to real-life French superstar Brigitte Bardot, in director […]

Aug, 23

To Rome with Love *** (2012, Woody Allen, Penélope Cruz, Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Roberto Benigni, Alec Baldwin, Greta Gerwig, Judy Davis) – Classic Movie Review 5791

Writer-director Woody Allen’s trip to Rome produces a very odd and very silly, though weirdly likeable and sometimes very amusing, multi-stranded romantic comedy. It gives the impression of being dashed off in a hurry to […]

Jul, 19

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood ** (2004, Martin Short, Jan Hooks, Linda Cardellini) – Classic Movie Review 3795

Martin Short stars as obese TV host and culture critic Jiminy Glick, who gets tied up in a murder case at the Toronto Film Festival, in director Vadim Jean’s relatively amusing Canadian comedy, a soft parody of the […]

Jun, 03

Celebrity *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Hank Azario, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 1037

Celebrity has to be counted a bit of an intriguing flop in 1998 from writer-director Woody Allen (who doesn’t appear, which is always bad news). Kenneth Branagh is miscast and struggling in what amounts to […]

Apr, 02

The Invisible Woman ** (2013, Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Movie Review

Hard Times with Dickens. Ralph Fiennes directs himself as Charles Dickens, who at the height of his career meets and falls for a younger woman, Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan (Felicity Jones), who becomes his secret mistress up […]

Feb, 07

La Dolce Vita ***** (1960, Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimee, Yvonne Furneaux, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lex Barker, Nadia Gray) – Classic Movie Review 628

Co-writer/director Federico Fellini infamously dissects the decadent life of Rome in 1960, a world populated by cynical journalists and dissolute, disillusioned people like bored socialite Maddalena (Anouk Aimée), sexpot film star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) and strip-teasing countess […]

Jan, 05

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