Derek Winnert

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Eat Drink Man Woman [Yin shi nan nu] *** (1994, Sihung Lung, Kuei-Mei Yang, Yu-Wen Wang, Jia-Chien, Sylvia Chang) – Classic Movie Review 10,760

Co-writer/ director Ang Lee’s scrumptiously tasty 1994 foodie comedy film Eat Drink Man Woman [Yin shi nan nu] is set in his native Taiwan and was his calling card to world movie-making. Shihung Lung stars […]

Jan, 06

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ** (1989, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard) – Classic Movie Review 10,649

Lust, murder, food, sex, torture, revenge and cannibalism are on the menu at Le Hollandais Restaurant, for Peter Greenaway’s 1989 film The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Michael Gambon plays a psychotic […]

Dec, 11

Christmas in Connecticut **** (1945, Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardner, S Z Sakall, Robert Shayne, Una O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 8918

The 1945 screwball comedy Christmas in Connecticut is a deliciously sugary and very amusing Yuletide movie, starring Barbara Stanwyck. Director Peter Godfrey’s 1945 screwball comedy Christmas in Connecticut is a deliciously sugary and very amusing […]

Sep, 19

Delicatessen **** (1991, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Marie-Laure Dougnac) – Classic Movie Review 6656

French writer-directors Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s brilliant 1991 Gothic nightmare Delicatessen stars Dominique Pinon as a Louison, circus clown who takes work with a butcher called Clapet (Jean-Claude Dreyfus), who is chopping people up. Soon the […]

Feb, 07

Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? [Too Many Chefs] *** (1978, George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley) – Classic Movie Review 5559

Director Ted Kotcheff’s zesty 1978 thriller is a pretty tasty, dark-flavoured soufflé, with George Segal as Robby, an American fast-food owner in London who chases his ex-wife Natasha (Jacqueline Bisset), a handy lady at dessert […]

Jun, 07

City of Ember ** (2008, Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins) – Classic Movie Review 4613

Director Gil Kenan’s stylish looking but creaky 2008 family science fiction fantasy adventure was a box office flop, although it has a good production and a strong cast of stars in Harry Treadaway, Saoirse Ronan, […]

Nov, 08

Captain Fantastic **** (2016, Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Zahn) – Movie Review

Viggo Mortensen rejoices in one of his most richly satisfying roles as Ben Cash, an idealistic father devoted to raising his six kids in the Pacific Northwest forests with a rigorous physical and intellectual education that […]

Sep, 08

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