Derek Winnert

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License to Drive [Licence to Drive] * (1988, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Carol Kane, Richard Masur, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 7676

The title of director Greg Beeman’s 1988 film License to Drive [Licence to Drive] focuses audience attention on exactly what bad boy Les Anderson (Corey Haim) hasn’t got. He failed his driving test, but that doesn’t […]

Oct, 19

Wildlife **** (2018, Jake Gyllenhaal, Carey Mulligan, Ed Oxenbould, Bill Camp) – Movie Review

Actor Paul Dano’s directorial debut is Wildlife (2018), in which a misfit teenage boy called Joe Brinson (Ed Oxenbould) witnesses his parents’ marriage falling apart after his frustrated father Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) loses his job as a golf […]

Sep, 30

A Family Affair **** (1937, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney, Eric Linden, Cecilia Parker) – Classic Movie Review 7358

The success of their sleeper hit Ah Wilderness! (1935) prompted MGM to re-use many of the cast in A Family Affair (1937), the first in its Andy Hardy series (1937-1946), including Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Mickey Rooney, Eric […]

Jul, 28

Peter and Pavla [Cerný Petr] [Black Peter] **** (1964, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil) – Classic Movie Review 7042

Director Milos Forman’s fresh, lively and delightful 1964 Czechoslovak feature debut (after three documentaries) is a satirical comedy drama full of youthful enthusiasm. Ladislav Jakim plays the young shop detective Peter [Petr], who is getting […]

May, 12

Powder ** (1995, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Lance Henriksen) – Classic Movie Review 6950

Writer/ director Victor Salva’s 1995 drama Powder is a weird Buena Vista Pictures [Walt Disney] teen fantasy tale of a freakish, bald, deathly-white misfit teenager (Sean Patrick Flanery) with paranormal powers, who realises his potential through […]

Apr, 20

All the Money in the World *** (2017, Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Charlie Plummer) – Movie Review

John Paul Getty (Christopher Plummer) has All the Money in the World but won’t cough up the $17 million ransom his daughter-in-law Gail (Michelle Williams) needs for the ransom to spring his 16-year-old grandson Jean Paul Getty III […]

Jan, 05

The Killing of a Sacred Deer **** (2017, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Alicia Silverstone) – Movie Review 

Co-writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos’s dark and sinister drama is his keenly anticipated follow-up to The Lobster (2015). It is very much in the same spirit, a largely impenetrable, impeccably crafted old-style art movie, catnip for film […]

Oct, 12

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