Derek Winnert

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The Seduction of Joe Tynan **** (1979, Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Melvyn Douglas, Rip Torn) – Classic Movie Review 10,806

‘There are many ways to be seduced. Fame. Power. Love. Joe Tynan knows them all.’ Director Jerry Schatzberg’s entertaining and involving 1979 political drama The Seduction of Joe Tynan about the slippery path to success […]

Jan, 18

The Pelican Brief ** (1993, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard) – Classic Movie Review 6373

Screen-writer/ producer/ director Alan J Pakula’s sleek and polished 1993 movie was the second of John Grisham’s legal thriller novels to hit the screen – after The Firm (1993) with Tom Cruise. But it suffers […]

Dec, 08

Loving **** (2016, Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton, Will Dalton) – Movie Review

Writer-director Jeff Nichols tells the compelling and moving true story of interracial couple Richard and Mildred Loving, and their ground-breaking legal challenge of their arrest for their marriage in Virginia. The movie is really well handled and, […]

Jan, 31

The Case Against 8 **** (2014, Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Jeff Zarrillo, Paul Katami) – Movie Review

Directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White’s epic documentary looks at the epic legal battle to overthrow California’s Proposition 8, which ended gay marriages there when a surprisingly large number of right-wing Californian bigots voted yes to a new provision to […]

Nov, 14

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