Derek Winnert

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The Passion of Darkly Noon **** (1995, Brendan Fraser, Ashley Judd, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Movie Review 732

Clever British writer-director Philip Ridley’s 1996 mystery thriller is a real eye-opener. Brendan Fraser stars as Darkly Noon, a handsome young man with a strict religious background, who is found ailing and exhausted in the American […]

Jan, 22

One Hour Photo **** (2002, Robin Williams) – Classic Movie Review 704

Writer-director Mark Romanek’s eerie, flesh-tingling 2002 thriller is a first rate tension ride. It is, exactly as it was intended, uniquely disturbing and deeply unsettling. After Insomnia, Robin Williams gives another brilliant non-comedy performance as a […]

Jan, 15

Wicker Park ** (2004, Josh Hartnett, Diane Kruger, Matthew Lillard, Rose Byrne) – Classic Movie Review 675

Tending to let his single eyebrow do most of the acting for him, Josh Hartnett plays Matthew, a young Chicago advertising executive who is about to marry his boss’s daughter when he sees his long-lost love […]

Jan, 11

Austenland ** (2013, Keri Russell, J J Feild, Jennifer Coolidge) – Movie Review

That good and appealing actress Keri Russell draws the short straw and plays an idiot American woman called Jane Hayes, who’s obsessed with Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Mr Darcy and Colin Firth in the BBC […]

Sep, 28

The Great Gatsby *** (2013, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

F Scott Fitzgerald’s delicate, wispy, thin little thing of a novel, The Great Gatsby has become a ridiculously overblown movie, all fake-looking CGI, nervous performances, restless direction and jittery fast cutting. With enough story for […]

May, 19

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