Derek Winnert

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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ***½ (2001, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Will Ferrell, Jason Lee) – Classic Movie Review 4902

Writer-director Kevin Smith’s wild, wayward and wacky 2001 comedy stars Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith as slacker stoners Jay and Silent Bob. The crazy duo find that Hollywood executives are cashing in on their images […]

Jan, 16

What’s the Matter with Helen? ***½ (1971, Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál MacLiammóir, Agnes Moorehead) – Classic Movie Review 4818

Director Curtis Harrington’s 1971 horror thriller is a prime slice of deliciously hammy, creepy melodrama, in which the delightful seasoned troupers Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters have a grand old time as Thirties Hollywood mothers, […]

Dec, 29

Hollywood Homicide ** (2003, Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwod, Isaiah Washington, Keith David, Dwight Yoakam, Lolita Davidovich, Martin Landau) – Classic Movie Review 4520

Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett make an unlikely pair of LAPD cop buddies in co-writer/ co-producer/ director Ron Shelton’s slapdash 2003 action comedy thriller, investigating a thin yet hard-to-follow plot about the in-club murder of […]

Oct, 24

Bolt **** (2008, voices John Travolta, Miley Cyrus, Malcolm McDowell, Susie Essman, Mark Walton) – Classic Movie Review 4417

Oscar-nominated as 2009 Best Animated Feature Film of the Year, this delightful Disney/Pixar animated comedy adventure stars the voice of John Travolta as Bolt, an American white shepherd dog. Bolt is the ordinary, everyday canine […]

Sep, 26

Café Society **** (2016, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively, Jeannie Berlin, Ken Stott) – Movie Review

The 80-year-old Woody Allen conjures up one of his better movies in 2016, a charming, sparkling bitter-sweet romantic comedy, with a retro 30s both coasts setting that gives him plenty of chance to show off his […]

Aug, 30

Hollywood Canteen **** (1944, Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, The Andrews Sisters) – Classic Movie Review 3882

Writer-director Delmer Daves’s 1944 World War Two morale-boosting musical and toast to the real-life Hollywood Canteen vastly entertains with its high spirits, good humour, good intentions, and high-quota camp and nostalgia value. As Bette Davis and […]

Jun, 19

Shrink ***½ (2009, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Dallas Roberts, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Jesse Plemons) – Classic Movie Review 3840

A fired-up Kevin Spacey relishes a perfect part as Dr Henry Carter, a high-profile Los Angeles celebrity psychiatrist, who, battling to cope with his wife’s suicide, is falling apart. In his despair, he turns to […]

Jun, 11

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