Derek Winnert

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Shortbus ***½ (2006, Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan, Raphael Barker, Alan Mandell, Adam Hardman, Ray Rivas, Justin Hagan) – Classic Movie Review 4604

Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell’s highly provocative, extremely controversial 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film teaches a lesson of acceptance as it centres on a sexually diverse group of colorful characters trying to connect in New York City. The […]

Nov, 07

The Shopworn Angel **** (1938, James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Nat Pendleton) – Classic Movie Review 4579

The tearful 1938 wartime romantic drama film The Shopworn Angel is a tasty reworking of the old story, with the right cast in James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan to make it work.  Director H C […]

Nov, 03

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa *** (2008, voices Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer) – Classic Movie Review 4527

In directors Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath’s entertaining, eagerly-awaited 2008 sequel to DreamWorks 2005 animation hit Madagascar, its beloved characters Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins and […]

Oct, 24

Sophie’s Choice **** (1982, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Josh Mostel) – Classic Movie Review 4498

Writer-producer-director Alan J Pakula’s quietly devastating 1982 film, faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by William Styron, stars Meryl  Streep, who won a Best Actress Oscar as Sophie, the enigmatic Polish survivor of Nazi concentration […]

Oct, 21

Death Wish 3 * (1985, Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Martin Balsam, Ed Lauter, Gavan O’Herlihy) – Classic Movie Review 4238

Here is director Michael Winner’s third and last Death Wish movie, with Charles Bronson back on the vigilante beat as New York City architect Paul Kersey for more of the same ugly revenge thrills. With his […]

Aug, 25

Light Sleeper *** (1992, Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Dana Delany, David Clennon, Mary Beth Hurt, Victor Garber, David Spade, Jane Adams) – Classic Movie Review 4154

Writer-director Paul Schrader’s 1992 Breathless-style thriller stars Willem Dafoe as a reformed addict drug pusher on the edge of middle-age, having a bad time with his upscale clients. Then he gets mixed up in murder during […]

Aug, 10

Sid and Nancy **** (1986, Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman) – Classic Movie Review 4098

Alex Cox co-writes (with Abbe Wool) and directs Sid and Nancy (1986), an exceptionally powerful and exciting punk rock cult classic about the life of Sid Vicious, bassist with the British punk rock band the Sex […]

Jul, 29

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