Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "honeymoon"

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Big Eyes ***½ (2014, Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz) – Movie Review

Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz are totally excellent as the real-life naïve painter Margaret Keane and her husband Walter in director Tim Burton’s admirable, loving biopic. The film’s thoroughly likeable and appealing without necessarily being an award-winner or […]

Dec, 18

Just Married ***½ (2003, Ashton Kutcher, Brittany Murphy, David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright, George Gaynes) – Classic Movie Review 1890

Director Shawn Levy’s 2003 comedy is a great showcase for hilarious hi-jinks as poor boy Ashton Kutcher and rich girl Brittany Murphy defy her parents (David Rasche, Veronica Cartwright), marry in haste and suffer the […]

Nov, 27

Honeymoon *** (2014, Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway) – Movie Review

A couple of Brit actors do well with their performances and their American accents as American newlywed couple Paul and Bea who take off for a just-the-two-of-them honeymoon in a cabin in the woods by […]

Sep, 26

Along Came Polly *** (2004, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1320

Writer-director John Hamburg’s amiable enough 2004 romantic comedy has a super-good cast to get over its bumps and make it work. Risk assessor Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) dumps his new wife Lisa (Debra Messing) after […]

Jun, 13

Niagara **** (1953, Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters) – Classic Movie Review 723

Director Henry Hathaway’s 1953 movie Niagara is a brilliantly sexy, steamy and entertaining noirish crime thriller. After years in bit parts, the sexy young Marilyn Monroe rockets at last to stardom as Rose Loomis, the […]

Jan, 19

Suspicion ***** (1941, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 441

Alfred Hitchcock’s richly enjoyable and likeable 1941 thriller Suspicion (1941) is a sweaty exercise in anxiety. Both stars Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine are at the peak of their career, powers and attraction. In the […]

Nov, 23

Touch of Evil ***** (1958, Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh) – Classic Movie Review 144

‘He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?’ Orson Welles’s dark, dangerous and dastardly thriller is set in a seedy town on the Mexican border. Charlton Heston […]

Aug, 10

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