Derek Winnert

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Celebrity *** (1998, Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Melanie Griffith, Joe Mantegna, Winona Ryder, Charlize Theron, Hank Azario, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 1037

Celebrity has to be counted a bit of an intriguing flop in 1998 from writer-director Woody Allen (who doesn’t appear, which is always bad news). Kenneth Branagh is miscast and struggling in what amounts to […]

Apr, 02

Made *** (2001, Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Peter Falk, Famke Janssen, Sean Combs, Faizon Love) – Classic Movie Review 995

After their success with Swingers in 1996, Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn team up again in 2001 as youngish boxer buddies mixed up with a crook (Peter Falk) and a money-laundering plot for the much […]

Mar, 26

Dames ***** (1934, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert) – Classic Movie Review 951

Director Ray Enright’s 1934 movie takes its place triumphantly, high among Warner Bros’ series of great 30s musicals, and also as one of the greatest movie musicals of all time. It’s most memorable for the […]

Mar, 20

Ghostbusters **** (1984, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Sigourney Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 931

Who ya gonna call? Producer-director Ivan Reitman’s 1984 special effects-led sci-fi comedy blockbuster Ghostbusters was boosted to huge popular success by Ray Parker Jnr’s hit song and a great ad campaign featuring a ghost sign […]

Mar, 17

Copland [Cop Land] **** (1997, Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro) – Classic Movie Review 910

Writer-director James Mangold’s 1997 thinking-person’s thriller finds Sylvester Stallone giving his best display of acting for years as Sheriff Freddy Heflin, a tubby, hard-of-hearing New Jersey cop who uncovers a deadly web of police corruption […]

Mar, 17

You’ve Got Mail **** (1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton) – Classic Movie Review 883

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan re-team with director Nora Ephron for a bid to top Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with a modernised remake of the James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan classic The Shop around the Corner (1940). […]

Mar, 07

Breakfast at Tiffany’s ****½ (1961, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, John McGiver) – Classic Movie Review 829

Director Blake Edwards’s enchanting 1961 film of Truman Capote’s novella earned an Oscar nomination Best Actress for style icon Audrey Hepburn’s gem of a performance as the kooky and cute Sixties sophisticated socialite Holly Golightly. […]

Feb, 15

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