Derek Winnert

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Since You’ve Been Gone *** (1998, Lara Flynn Boyle, Teri Hatcher, David Schwimmer, Joey Slotnick, Rachel Griffiths, Jennifer Grey) – Classic Movie Review 4578

Director David Schwimmer’s entertainingly eccentric and consistently amusing 1998 high-school reunion movie concentrates on a large ensemble of weird, frustrated or unresolved characters and the crazy scrapes and incidents they get into or up to. […]

Nov, 02

Something Wild **** (1986, Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta, Margaret Colin, Tracey Walter) – Classic Movie Review 4063

Mixing crime, romance and comedy, director Jonathan Demme’s crazed 1986 thriller is perhaps the best of the cycle of mid-Eighties yuppie-in-peril movies. Jeff Daniels stars as businessman Charles Driggs, a very proper, middle-class man who decides […]

Jul, 21

The Sunshine Boys **** (1975, Walter Matthau, George Burns, Richard Benjamin) – Classic Movie Review 3930

Walter Matthau and George Burns star in director Herbert Ross’s very lively and amusing 1975 film version of Neil Simon’s play about two aged, feuding vaudeville comics, former partners before they fell out. Jack Benny […]

Jun, 28

Mississippi Mermaid [La Sirène du Mississippi] **** (1969, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Bouquet) – Classic Movie Review 3,024

Ah, yes, love leads to an uncertain future when you lie, cheat, rob and murder. François Truffaut turns a Cornell Woolrich novel into the moody and engaging 1969 film noir Mississippi Mermaid with the right […]

Nov, 01

House of the Long Shadows *** (1983, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, John Carradine, Desi Arnaz Jr, Richard Todd, Sheila Keith) – Classic Movie Review 2837

Four film ghouls gather in House of the Long Shadows. Four iconic horror film stars Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and John Carradine star together in director Pete Walker’s horror parody. It gets an extra star […]

Aug, 22

Alexander’s Ragtime Band **** (1938, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, John Carradine) – Classic Movie Review 2617

Director Henry King’s 1938 musical is a grand old-time show, with an ancient but serviceable plot about two songwriters (Tyrone Power and Don Ameche) battling for the love of an upcoming singing attraction (Alice Faye). […]

Jun, 19

Still Crazy **** (1998, Bill Nighy, Timothy Spall, Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail) – Classic Movie Review 1696

Director Brian Gibson’s 1998 rock comedy is a hilarious, poignant hoot. It is a simple but great idea for a movie, brilliantly carried out, with a delicious screenplay by veteran TV comedy experts Dick Clement and Ian La […]

Sep, 21

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