Derek Winnert

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Out of Sight **** (1998, George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Catherine Keener, Nancy Allen, Michael Keaton, Samuel L Jackson) – Classic Movie Review 1001

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 thriller is yet another highly intriguing and entertaining but not entirely great attempt at filming another of Elmore Leonard’s esteemed Florida low-life thrillers. It’s a problem that George Clooney just doesn’t […]

Mar, 27

Labor Day ** (2013, Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, James Van Der Beek) – Movie Review

Directed by Jason Reitman, maker of Juno, Labor Day is a novelettish romantic drama that tries to turns itself into an art movie. The film means well, is powerfully acted and looks amazing but unfortunately its story […]

Mar, 20

Duets **** (2000, Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Angie Dickinson, Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher, Maria Bello) – Classic Movie Review 892

My how time flies! It’s the year 2000 and Angie Dickinson is playing Gwyneth Paltrow’s grandmother, for heaven’s sake, and Huey Lewis is playing her father in her real father Bruce Paltrow’s touching, clever, bitter-sweet […]

Mar, 10

Great Expectations ***** (1946, John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Valerie Hobson, Jean Simmons, Bernard Miles, Finlay Currie, Alec Guinness, Martita Hunt, Francis L Sullivan) – Classic Movie Review 843

Director David Lean’s truly great, double Oscar-winning 1946 version of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations is still the best version on film. It is even perhaps the best Dickens movie ever. The famous story centres on the […]

Feb, 18

Happy, Texas **** (1999, Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H Macy, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas, Ron Perlman) – Classic Movie Review 317

Co-written and directed by Mark Illsley, this ingratiating 1999 comedy drama is both hilarious and skilfully done. It’s a bit naughty, but it’s very nice. There’s delicious comedy playing from the excellent Steve Zahn and Jeremy […]

Oct, 23

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