Derek Winnert

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Melinda and Melinda *** (2004, Will Ferrell, Vinessa Shaw, Radha Mitchell, Jonny Lee Miller, Chloë Sevigny, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Wallace Shawn, Zak Orth, Amanda Peet) – Classic Movie Review 4355

Writer-director Woody Allen’s witty 2004 movie has writers arguing at dinner how they would tell a tale. So sad divorcée Melinda (Radha Mitchell) gatecrashes a party, and then the yarn is played for serious and also […]

Sep, 13

200 Cigarettes ** (1999, Martha Plimton, Christina Ricci, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garafolo, Courtney Love, Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck) – Classic Movie Review 4222

A great cast is assembled for director Risa Bramon Garcia’s 1999 comedy-drama look at the dating game for twentyish New York singles on New Year’s Eve, 1981. But, with a ropey script, hot stars are just […]

Aug, 24

Up the Sandbox *** (1972, Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Stockard Channing, Paul Dooley, Anne Ramsey) – Classic Movie Review 4,074

The awkward but ambitious 1972 comedy-drama film Up the Sandbox stars Barbra Streisand as a pregnant New Yorker, who feels bored with her life and neglected by her husband (David Selby), and takes to fantasising, […]

Jul, 24

Song of the Thin Man *** (1947, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Dean Stockwell, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 3685

Director Edward Buzzell’s 1947 MGM comedy crime thriller Song of the Thin Man plays a bitter-sweet song, as it is farewell to married couple sleuths Nick and Nora Charles in their sixth and final MGM […]

May, 09

Superbad **** (2007, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen) – Classic Movie Review 3663

Director Greg Mottola’s hilarious 2007 American teen bromance comedy stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as high school senior losers Seth and Evan, inseparable best friends who lament their pathetic sad virginity and terrible social standing during their last weeks of high […]

May, 06

These Final Hours ** (2013, Nathan Phillips, Jessica De Gouw, David Field, Angourie Rice) – Movie Review

Writer-director Zak Hilditch’s enterprising Aussie thriller takes place on the last day on Earth, starting just 12 hours before a cataclysmic event will end life as we know it. It seems like a meteor has collided with Earth in […]

Apr, 29

Words and Music *** (1948, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Tom Drake, June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Ann Sothern, Perry Como) – Classic Movie Review 3622

Director Norman Taurog’s 1948 movie is a fictionalised musical bioipc, very loosely based on the creative partnership of the composer Richard Rodgers (Tom Drake) and lyricist Lorenz Hart (Mickey Rooney). A lavish showcasing of the Rodgers and Hart catalogue of […]

Apr, 26

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