Derek Winnert

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Searching for Bobby Fischer **** (1993, Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Laurence Fishburne) – Classic Movie Review 9093

Writer-director Steven Zaillian’s 1993 biographical drama Searching for Bobby Fischer [Innocent Moves] is a decent, well acted real-life story about a small boy called Josh Waitzkin (Max Pomeranc in his debut) who is a genius […]

Nov, 24

A Wrinkle in Time * (2018, Storm Reid, Levi Miller, Deric McCabe, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Chris Pine) – Movie Review

Director Ava DuVernay’s Disney kids and early-teen movie for easily entertained girls is embarrassingly awful, with a shamelessly manipulative and sentimental screenplay by Jennifer Lee and Jeff Stockwell, based upon the novel by Madeleine L’Engle. It plays like a […]

Mar, 29

Gifted ***½ (2017, Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate) – Movie Review

Mmm, nice, we get the sweet and soft side of Captain America (that would be Chris Evans) in this gentle and appealing heart-tugger, neatly handled by director Marc Webb and tastily written by writer and Tom Flynn. […]

Jun, 24

The Royal Tenenbaums **** (2001, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Seymour Cassel, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 609

Gene Hackman won a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his high-energy, funny turn as Royal Tenenbaum, the grand daddy of a very odd, dysfunctional family. After years away, he returns […]

Jan, 02

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