Derek Winnert

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The Hole *** (2001, Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Keira Knightley, Laurence Fox, Embeth Davidtz) – Classic Movie Review 891

Director Nick Hamm’s 2001 British thriller focuses on three rebellious Brit school friends, Mike, Frankie and Geoff, who escape the tedium of a school geography field trip to Wales by hiding in an abandoned old bomb-shelter […]

Mar, 10

Along Came a Spider *** (2001, Morgan Freeman, Monica Potter, Michael Wincott, Mika Boorem, Michael Moriarty, Penelope Ann Miller, Dylan Baker, Anton Yelchin) – Classic Film Review 890

In director Lee Tamahori’s 2001 movie, Morgan Freeman continues his role as police detective-psychologist Alex Cross in this efficient and fast-moving, if mechanical and highly unlikely cop thriller sequel to 1997’s Kiss the Girls. Despite […]

Mar, 09

A Beautiful Mind **** (2001, Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany) – Classic Movie Review 863

In director Ron Howard’s moving and distinguished 2001 film, Oscar-nominated Russell Crowe gives a performance to crow about as real-life maths genius John Nash, afflicted with the terrible curse of paranoid delusions and schizophrenia. After […]

Mar, 04

A Little Princess **** (1995, Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham) – Classic Movie Review 845

Director Alfonso Cuarôn’s 1995 movie is a marvellous remake of the 1911 classic novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (the author of Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden) and the beloved 1939 Shirley Temple […]

Feb, 19

Bad Education [La Mala Educación] **** (2004, Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Javier Cámara) – Classic Movie Review 826

With La Mala Educación in 2004, Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar returns to the style and content of the films that made him famous in the Eighties with this provocative and sizzlingly stylish look at male […]

Feb, 13

17 Again ***½ (2009, Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Melora Hardin) – Classic Movie Review 805

Matthew Perry co-stars in the 2009 teen fantasy comedy film 17 Again as the 37-year-old as Mike O’Donnell, who gets a second chance to be 17 again and is reincarnated as main star Zac Efron. […]

Feb, 08

Scent of a Woman ***** (1992, Al Pacino, Chris O’Donnell, James Rebhorn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Gabrielle Anwar) – Classic Movie Review 800

In producer-director Martin Brest’s entertainingly sentimental 1992 epic comedy drama Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino gives a glorious show-stopping performance that runs the gamut from funny via sad to tough in turns, winning his […]

Feb, 04

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