Derek Winnert

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Nocturnal Animals *** (2016, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karl Glusman, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney) – Movie Review

Amy Adams impresses yet again – not quite as much as in Arrival, but nearly – as ice-cool art gallery owner Susan, who is haunted by her ex-husband Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal)’s violent thriller novel that […]

Oct, 14

Mother’s Day ** (2016, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Julia Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Timothy Olyphant, Britt Robertson, Jack Whitehall) – Movie Review

Romcom superstars Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Julia Roberts do their best to spark up – and warm up – a tepid, underwhelming multi-drama set in the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Director Garry Marshall’s third all-star […]

Jun, 12

The Daughter *** (2015, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Anna Torv, Miranda Otto, Paul Schneider, Kate Box, Odessa Young, Ewen Leslie) – Movie Review

In his directorial debut feature, Simon Stone writes and directs an interesting riff on Henrik Ibsen’s 1884 Norwegian classic play The Wild Duck, moving it to a modern setting and Australia, filming in Sydney. It is all about […]

May, 29

The Flower of My Secret [La Flor de mi Secreto] **** (1995, Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carme Elias, Rossy de Palma, Chus Lampreave) – Classic Movie Review 3574

The Flower of My Secret [La Flor de mi Secreto] from 1995 is one of Pedro Almódovar’s best, smartest, and most mature movies. It boasts a serious, intelligent screenplay by him that explores his characters and situations […]

Apr, 15

The File on Thelma Jordon ***** (1949, Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober) – Classic Movie Review 2,255

Robert Siodmak’s marvellous, ultra-tense 1949 film noir thriller The File on Thelma Jordon stars Barbara Stanwyck as the femme fatale in love with a jewel thief (Richard Rober). Wendell Corey co-stars as hard-drinking, unhappily married […]

Mar, 11

The Judge *** (2014, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob Thornton ) – Movie Review

Robert Downey Jr stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home for the funeral of his mother. He is reunited with his two brothers (Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong) and his father, […]

Oct, 15

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