Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "small town"

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Mumford (1999, Loren Dean, Hope Davis, Jason Lee) – Classic Film Review 1115

Producer-writer-director Lawrence Kasdan‘s pleasant enough 1999 film stars Loren Dean as a man who assumes a false identity as a psychologist called Dr Mickey Mumford and uses his intuitive skills to help the neurotic residents of a […]

Apr, 19

House of Wax **½ (2005, Elisha Cuthbert, Chad Michael Murray, Paris Hilton, Brian Van Holt, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams, Robert Ri’chard) – Classic Movie Review 1,111

A marketing campaign promoted the 2005 chiller film House of Wax as ‘See Paris Die’ in a gruesome fashion, and Hilton was sporting enough to create shirts with the slogan. She won the Golden Raspberry […]

Apr, 18

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar ***½ (1995, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Arliss Howard, Chris Penn, Jason London, Melinda Dilllon, Blythe Danner) – Classic Movie Review 1095

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1995 comedy stars Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, who give convincing, touching performances and make surprisingly marvellous girls as three drag queens, Miss Vida Boheme, Miss Noxeema Jackson and Miss […]

Apr, 15

Goin’ South **** (1978, Jack Nicholson, Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi) – Classic Movie Review 937

Jack Nicholson directs an enjoyable, rollicking romantic comedy Western, with a delightfully quirky screenplay based on the story by John Herman Shaner and Al Ramrus. It’s the middle one of only three films Nicholson has directed, […]

Mar, 18

Out of the Past [Build My Gallows High] ***** (1947, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming) – Classic Movie Review 914

Robert Mitchum gives a legendary performance as a one-time private eye, caught between a mobster (Kirk Douglas) and a femme fatale (Jane Greer), in the brilliant 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past [Build […]

Mar, 15

Affliction **** (1997, Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn) – Classic Movie Review 825

Ah, again, the sins of the father! Nick Nolte gives a great barnstorming performance as Wade Whitehouse, a haunted middle-aged New Hampshire small-town sheriff. He is a heavy drinker who has achieved little or nothing in […]

Feb, 13

In and Out [In & Out] *** (1997, Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck) – Classic Movie Review 763

Director Frank Oz’s widely popular, gay-friendly 1997 movie is a good-natured but shaky comedy about an American mid-western small-town teacher (Kevin Kline), about to be married to his childhood sweetheart (Joan Cusack), who is outed as […]

Jan, 28

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