Derek Winnert

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California Suite *** (1978, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Walter Matthau, Elaine May, Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Herb Edelman) – Classic Movie Review 4021

Maggie Smith is on Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winning form as an English theatre star nominated for an Oscar, in the 1978 Neil Simon comedy film California Suite. Director Herbert Ross’s 1978 comedy film California Suite […]

Jul, 14

Legend *** (2015, Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton) – Movie Review

Legend offers Tom Hardy an eagerly and exuberantly taken chance for a bravura star turn in twin roles as 1960s identical twin East End gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray (‘We’re talking about being gangsters, that’s […]

Sep, 09

Ricki and the Flash ***½ (2015, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer, Rick Springfield, Audra McDonald) – Movie Review

Nothing stops Meryl Streep. The three-time Oscar-winner stars as Ricki, a hard-rocking, singing guitar chick who years back gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, which somehow has never happened. In Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo […]

Sep, 01

Deadfall *** (1968, Michael Caine, Giovanna Ralli, Eric Portman, Nanette Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2421

Writer-director Bryan Forbes’s plush and alluring British 1968 French Riviera crime caper with dark psychological and sexual overtones is brought to life by capable character studies from Michael Caine, Eric Portman and Nanette Newman. The […]

Apr, 22

White Bird in a Blizzard **** (2015, Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Shiloh Fernandez, Thomas Jane) – Movie Review

Taking a break from Divergent, Shailene Woodley takes a bold step and is commendably safe and secure as 1988 American teen Cat Connors, whose already difficult life is thrown into chaos when her mother (Eva Green) suddenly disappears. […]

Mar, 05

Four Weddings and a Funeral ***** (1994, Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristin Scott Thomas, Charlotte Coleman) – Classic Movie Review 370

‘Love means never having to say I do.’ – Ad line. Directed by Mike Newell and written by Richard Curtis in 1994, this sensational British romantic comedy was a worldwide hit and the first British […]

Nov, 06

Wonder Boys ****½ (2000, Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr, Richard Thomas, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, George Grizzard) – Classic Movie Review 199

Director Curtis Hanson’s rich and strange 2000 gem Wonder Boys is a brilliant, witty, splendidly jaundiced college black comedy, with a crackling, ultra-busy script by Steven Kloves based on the offbeat novel by Michael Chabon. […]

Aug, 28

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