Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "friendship"

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The Devil’s Own * (1997, Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin, Rubén Blades, Treat Williams, George Hearn, Mitchell Ryan, Natascha McElhone, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 7884

Director Alan J Pakula’s The Devil’s Own (1997) is a poor and diabolically misguided action crime drama using the IRA, gunmen and terrorism as a subject for thriller entertainment. Brad Pitt makes the mistake of playing deadly […]

Dec, 05

Play It to the Bone *** (1999, Woody Harrelson, Antonio Banderas, Lolita Davidovich) – Classic Movie Review 7794

Writer-director Ron Shelton’s 1999 boxing movie Play It to the Bone is a quite hard-hitting drama about best friends Cesar Dominguez (Antonio Banderas) and Vince Boudreau (Woody Harrelson), washed-up middleweight boxers who dream of one […]

Nov, 16

Tequila Sunrise **** (1988, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, J T Walsh, Arliss Howard, Ayre Gross) – Classic Movie Review 7650

The intelligent and gripping 1988 romantic crime thriller Tequila Sunrise is written and directed by Robert Towne (who scripted Chinatown). It boasts a good Eighties cast, with three glossy and appealing stars: Mel Gibson as […]

Oct, 09

Skate Kitchen **** (2018, Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Jaden Smith) – Movie Review

Co-writer/ co-producer/ director Crystal Moselle’s vibrant and alive Skate Kitchen (2018) boasts a rich, dynamic and truthful performance by Rachelle Vinberg as Camille, a lonely 18-year-old Long Island suburban teenaged skateboarder who makes friends with a posse of girl […]

Aug, 13

Tag (2018, Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress, Jon Hamm, Isla Fisher, Nora Dunn, Leslie Bibb) – Movie Review

Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Jake Johnson, Hannibal Buress and Jon Hamm play childhood friends who have been playing the same game of tag for over 35 years in director Jeff Tomsic’s pathetic comedy Tag. Each May the game resumes […]

Jun, 30

My Friend Dahmer *** (2017, Ross Lynch, Alex Wolff, Anne Heche, Dallas Roberts, Vincent Kartheiser) – Movie Review

Very creepy – a true horror story. The tricky to pull off mix of realism and black comedy really works. The acting helps a lot to keep it real and powerful. Co-writer/ director Marc Meyers’s […]

Jun, 01

Book Club ** (2018, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson) – Movie Review

It’s sweet to spend nice time with these clever veteran movie icon survivors, and Book Club should keep their many fans happy. Ah, yes, an evening with Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen. […]

May, 31

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