Derek Winnert

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Big ***** (1989, Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jared Rushton, Robert Loggia, David Moscow, Mercedes Ruehl, Jon Lovitz, Josh Clark, Kimberlee M Davis, Elizabeth Perkins) – Classic Movie Review 287

Director Penny Marshall’s 1988 comedy with heart finally turned Tom Hanks overnight into a superstar aged 32. He gives a master class in what he used to do best – acting delightfully childish and being […]

Oct, 13

Dead Man Down *** (2013, Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert, Terrence Howard) – Movie Review

The star and director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reunite for this efficient and competent 2013 gangland revenge thriller that delivers good genre thrills with a smart arty overlay without reaching any great […]

Oct, 09

Gangs of New York ***** (2002, Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Liam Neeson, Henry Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 276

Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Martin Scorsese’s eagerly awaited, highly ambitious and well received 2002 American fictional historical epic. In an unpleasant slap in the face, it was nominated for 10 Oscars and didn’t win a single one. […]

Oct, 07

Midnight Cowboy ***** (1969, Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles, Brenda Vaccaro, John McGiver, Jennifer Salt, Bob Balaban, Barnard Hughes) – Classic Movie Review 204

John Schlesinger’s controversial 1969 masterpiece Midnight Cowboy is a key film of the troubled late-Sixties and precious icon of its time, and the movie’s power and allure endure. Its impossibly young-looking stars Jon Voight and […]

Aug, 30

What Maisie Knew **** (2012, Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile) – Movie Review

A modern-day, New York-set update on the Henry James novel. Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan impress hugely as Susanna and Beale, a loathsome self-obsessed married couple, with a lovely, bewildered little six-year-old daughter, Maisie (Onata Aprile). […]

Aug, 21

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