Derek Winnert

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Paranoiac ***½ (1963, Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse) – Classic Movie Review 3305

Hammer Films’ 1963 thriller Paranoiac is loosely based on Josephine Tey’s brilliant novel Brat Farrar, in which a charming young man long believed dead returns to his family estate to claim his inheritance. Director Freddie […]

Jan, 31

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 **** (2015, Jennifer Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth) – Movie Review

The Hunger Games races to its conclusion in the fast-paced, exciting climax, crisply made and sharply edited by director Francis Lawrence from its original two hours and 51 minutes two hours and 17 minutes. Peter Craig […]

Nov, 19

I Hired a Contract Killer **** (1990, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley) – Classic Movie Review 2591

Writer/director Aki Kaurismåki’s offbeat 1990 black-comedy thriller stars Jean-Pierre Léaud as Henri Boulanger, a terminally depressed Frenchman in London. It is a splendidly quirky and truly funny movie, a little gem. Henri is so depressed after being […]

Jun, 13

The Skeleton Twins *** (2014, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson) – Movie Review

A movie that starts with both its central characters trying to commit suicide isn’t going to be all a bundle of laughs, and nor is this one, but it certainly tries hard to amuse as […]

Nov, 06

Short Term 12 **** (2013, Brie Larson, Frantz Turner, John Gallagher Jr, Rami Malek, Kaitlyn Dever, Keith Stanfield, Melora Walters) – Movie Review

The 24-year-old Brie Larson stars as Grace, a 20-something supervising staff member of a foster care home, who has been abused herself. In writer-director Destin Daniel Cretton’s feature debut, Grace navigates the troubled waters of […]

Oct, 30

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