Derek Winnert

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The Devil Is a Woman ***** (1935, Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Cesar Romero, Edward Everett Horton) – Classic Movie Review 3122

Director Josef von Sternberg’s exotically beautiful 1935 romantic drama stars Marlene Dietrich in her last movie partnership with her real-life Svengali-figure. It is based on Pierre Louys’s story of obsessive love, La Femme et Le […]

Dec, 02

Mia Madre **** (2015, Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Giulia Lazzarini, Nanni Moretti) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Nanni Moretti combines a devastating heartbreaker with comedy, a difficult trick to pull off, but he does so commandingly and seemingly effortlessly. Margherita Buy tugs at the heart strings as Margherita, a film director […]

Nov, 12

Bangkok Dangerous ***½ (1999, Pawarith Monkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawarin Timkul) – Classic Movie Review 2016

The Pang Brothers make an international splash with their joint directing debut, this stylish looking, atmospheric, deliriously violent and luridly sentimental 1999 gangster thriller about the life, loves and crimes of a Bangkok deaf-mute hitman […]

Dec, 30

My Dog Skip *** (2000, Frankie Muniz, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Kevin Bacon) – Classic Movie Review 1917

Director Jay W Russell’s 2000 children’s movie stars Frankie Muniz (from TV’s Malcolm in the Middle), who leads a starry cast in a cute, heart-warming coming-of-age tale. It’s the true-life story of friendship between a […]

Dec, 07

The Butterfly Effect **** (2004, Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters) – Classic Movie Review 1888

Ashton Kutcher’s teen fans are in for a shock with writer-director Eric Bress and J Mackye Gruber’s 2004 sci-fi thriller. Kutcher dumps his big smile and goofy comedies in favour of frowns, a scruffy beard […]

Nov, 27

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean **** (1982, Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis) – Classic Movie Review 1760

  Director Robert Altman’s stupendous 1982 film is the notable first of his fertile adaptations of stage plays. He makes a superb job of the stage to screen transfer of Ed Graczyk’s play about a group of […]

Oct, 11

Forget Paris *** (1995, Billy Crystal, Debra Winger) – Classic Movie Review 1592

Written, directed by and starring Billy Crystal, this 1995 romantic comedy sees him as Mickey Gordon, a basketball referee who meets a French-speaking American (Debra Winger) in Paris, where he has arrived to bury his […]

Aug, 25

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