Derek Winnert

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Carry On Teacher ** (1959, Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims) – Classic Film Review 1214

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1959 film is the third Carry On movie, whose high spirits are a bit held back by having an old-fashioned, all-too-conventional story. Still no doubt rooted in the 50s, the film has […]

May, 14

Pay it Forward **** (2000, Haley Joel Osment, Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, James Caviezel, Jay Mohr, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson) – Classic Film Review 1167

Director Mimi Leder’s 2000 fine, good-spirited drama stars Haley Joel Osment as 11 and a half year-old Trevor McKinney, the young son of a working, single mom (Helen Hunt), who begins seventh grade at school […]

May, 02

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix **** (2007, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, Imelda Staunton) – Classic Movie Review 1130

The 2007 fifth Harry Potter film, directed by David Yates and written by Michael Goldenberg, follows Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort’s return. It’s satisfyingly dark […]

Apr, 21

B Monkey (1998, Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett) – Classic Film Review 1097

In co-writer/director Michael Radford’s undeservedly little-seen 1998 oddity, Asia Argento brings just the right crazy allure to the part of Italian jewel thief Beatrice, or B Monkey, who sweeps dependable London teacher Alan Furnace (Jared […]

Apr, 15

The Opposite of Sex *** (1998, Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, William Lee Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1093

Writer-director Don Roos’s funny, bitchy, and sometimes witty 1998 black comedy deliberately skates on thin ice, and then falls in unintentionally. After the death of her hated stepfather, a 16-year-old Louisiana supervixen called Dede Truitt […]

Apr, 14

Mean Girls **** (2004, Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Lacey Chabert) – Classic Movie Review 967

Lindsay Lohan hits the jackpot this time in director Mark S Waters’s stingingly witty 2004 teen movie. Starting at a new school, 16-year-old Cady Heron (Lohan) soon joins The Plastics, the A-list clan clique of queen bitches. […]

Mar, 22

Wake in Fright **** (1970, Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, John Meillon) – Classic Movie Review 868

Director Ted Kotcheff’s 1970 Aussie movie is an extremely atmospheric, brutal-toned, imaginatively made and gripping psychological chiller. Gary Bond stars as a shy, educated English teacher John Grant, who soon finds himself in a whole lot […]

Mar, 05

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