Derek Winnert

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Shattered Glass **** (2003, Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn) – Classic Movie Review 1899

Writer-director Billy Ray’s 2003 real-life media drama finds good work for Hayden Christensen, who acts like a male model in the Star Wars series, but here kicks up a storm as real-life rogue reporter Stephen […]

Nov, 28

Closer **** (2004, Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Clive Owen) – Classic Movie Review 1870

The intertwining lives of four strangers in London come under the microscope in this smart, stylish and witty 2004 movie from posh US director Mike Nichols. The four stars – Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie […]

Nov, 22

Blood Ties *** (1991, Patrick Bauchau, Jason London, Harley Venton) – Classic Movie Review 1826

Producer-director Jim McBride’s impressive, eye-catching 1991 horror thriller revitalises and modernises the vampire legend. In Richard Alan Shapiro’s nifty screenplay, fun-loving modern-day vampires are undead and living in Long Beach in LA, and troubled only […]

Nov, 10

Manhattan ***** (1979, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep) – Classic Movie Review 1797

Of all co-writer/director Woody Allen’s many movies, this 1979 salute to – or maybe love letter to – his home town of New York City is arguably his finest masterpiece. It won 1980 Bafta awards […]

Nov, 03

Nightcrawler ***** (2014, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton) – Movie Review

Dear Lou Bloom, You did real good! Congratulations to you and Video News Productions for your excellent Nightcrawler footage. Please give my best to Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed and Bill Paxton for their fine work […]

Oct, 01

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas **** (1998, Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Movie Review 1631

Game as always for anything smart and out of the ordinary, Johnny Depp gives an impressively crazed performance as blunt-talking journalist Raoul Duke in co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s imaginative, stylish, sometimes exciting 1998 movie of Hunter […]

Sep, 03

Breathless [À bout de souffle] ***** (1960, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg) – Classic Movie Review 1392

Director Jean-Luc Godard followed three short films with his first and still most celebrated 1960 full-length movie À bout de souffle [Breathless]. A dazzlingly realised homage to American B-movie thrillers, it was written while he was shooting […]

Jul, 04

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