Derek Winnert

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American Hustle *** (2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence) – Film Review

In his follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell’s fictional con caper movie (‘Some of this actually happened’) is set in the shady world of corruption, sting and scandal in 70s America and tells […]

Dec, 18

Miss Congeniality ***½ (2000, Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen) – Classic Movie Review 510

Sandra Bullock sparkles in director Donald Petrie’s 2000 congenial comedy in an ideal role as tough and scruffy FBI agent Gracie Hart. She’s forced by the FBI to go undercover and take part in the […]

Dec, 13

2 Fast 2 Furious *** (2003, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes, Ludacris, James Remar) – Classic Movie Review 467

John Singleton directs 2 Fast 2 Furious, the more than welcome 2003 follow-up to the 2001 surprise hit, The Fast and the Furious. All the spotlight is on Paul Walker this time as he roars […]

Dec, 02

Donnie Brasco **** (1997, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche, Zeljko Ivanek) – Classic Movie Review 217

This 1997 real-life gangster movie is a scintillating, epic look at the New York Mafia in 1978, based by screenwriter Paul Attanasio on a true-story book by Joseph D Pistone and Richard Woodley. An ideally […]

Sep, 03

Catch Me If You Can ***** (2002, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 175

Steven Spielberg’s 2002 spellbinder proved one of his best films in years. It is an ultra-delicious, super-vibrant entertainment with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks perfectly cast and on fire as a real-life con artist and […]

Aug, 19

The Silence of the Lambs ***** (1991, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Diane Baker, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison) – Classic Movie Review 84

‘Good evening, Clarice.’ ‘A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.’ Director Jonathan Demme’s gut-wrenching 1991 serial killer thriller mesmerises throughout thanks to […]

Jul, 24

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