Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "high school"

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Booksmart * (2019, Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Skyler Gisondo) – Movie Review

The 2019 film Booksmart motors on fast-talking, fast-moving smart and sassy energy. Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein play besties Amy and Molly to the full-on max. If this is the American booksmart Class of ’19, […]

May, 24

Twilight **** (2008, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Anna Kendrick) – Classic Movie Review 7874

Kristen Stewart stars in director Catherine Hardwicke’s 2008 romantic vampire movie Twilight as the glum and gloomy Bella Swan, who moves in to live with her worried father Charlie Swan (Billy Burke) in the rainy […]

Dec, 03

Cutting Class ** (1989, Donovan Leitch Jr, Jill Schoelen, Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, Martin Mull, Brenda James) – Classic Movie Review 7511

As you can easily gather from the punning title of director Rospo Pallenberg’s 1989 whodunit teen horror movie Cutting Class, a knife-killer is cutting a swathe through the high school student body. The goodish cast […]

Aug, 29

Freak Show *** (2017, Alex Lawther, AnnaSophia Robb, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, John McEnroe) – Movie Review

Sweet, funny and saying all the right stuff really well. Director Trudie Styler’s Freak Show is sweet and funny, and says all the right stuff really well. Alex Lawther gives a brave and great performance in […]

Jul, 14

Peggy Sue Got Married **** (1986, Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller) – Classic Movie Review 7194

Director Francis Coppola’s lovely 1986 romantic comedy Peggy Sue Got Married was nominated for three Oscars, including one for Kathleen Turner as unhappy middle-aged Peggy Sue, a 43-year-old mother and housewife, who faints when she […]

Jun, 19

Mom and Dad ** (2017, Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters, Zackary Arthur) – Movie Review

Writer-director Brian Taylor’s Mom and Dad has its charms, though it is far from charming. To be fair, it doesn’t set out to be charming but nevertheless to charm you with its whacked-out sense (?) […]

Mar, 11

Kids Return [Kizzu ritân] **** (1996, Ken Kaneko, Masanobu Andô, Leo Morimoto ) – Classic Movie Review 6526

Japanese writer-director Takeshi Kitano returns to form in his compassionate 1996 boxing tale about two troublesome teenage drifters, boxer Shinji (Masanobu Andô) and Yakuza gangster Masaru (Ken Kaneko), who take up boxing when their intimidation tactics […]

Jan, 06

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