Derek Winnert

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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief ** (2010, Logan Lerman, Sean Bean, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T Jackson, Catherine Keener, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Kevin McKidd, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson, Jake Abel, Joe Pantoliano) – Classic Movie Review 4334

A hero called Percy? I don’t think so! Logan Lerman lands a huge star part but a short straw as an over-cute American high schooler, who turns out to be a demi-god. No, really! Even if […]

Sep, 10

Gran Torino ****½ (2008, Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her) – Classic Movie Review 4322

For his first acting role since his 2004 four-Oscar-winning triumph Million Dollar Baby, director Clint Eastwood gives himself a perfectly tailor-made role in 2008 as Polish American Walt Kowalski, a newly widowed old guy in […]

Sep, 09

Adventureland **** (2009, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader) – Classic Movie Review 4317

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be moved if you check out writer-director Greg Mottola’s delightful 2009 bitter-sweet comedy, set in the summer of 1987. It is advertised as ‘from the director of Superbad‘. Jesse Eisenberg […]

Sep, 08

Claire’s Knee [Le Genou de Claire] ***** (1970, Jean-Claude Brialy, Aurora Cornu, Béatrice Romand, Laurence de Monaghan) – Classic Movie Review 4260

French New Wave writer-director Eric Rohmer’s superb 1970 comedy of manners is his wittiest, most charming film. Jean-Claude Brialy stars as the 30-something cultural attaché Jerome, betrothed to a diplomat’s daughter, who takes a pre-wedding lakeside vacation at […]

Aug, 28

Splendor in the Grass **** (1961, Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert, Sandy Dennis, Phyllis Diller, Gary Lockwood) – Classic Movie Review 4049

William Inge won the 1962 Oscar for his Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for Splendor in the Grass (1961), this original 1961 tale about adolescent sweethearts whose lives are shattered when their […]

Jul, 19

Brighton Rock *** (2010, Sam Riley, John Hurt, Andrea Riseborough, Phil Davis, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren) – Classic Movie Review 3972

Sam Riley, from Control (2007), is ideally cast as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown, a psychotic petty hoodlum at large in post-war Brighton, in director Rowan Joffe’s intriguing 2010 remake of the 1947 classic thriller Brighton Rock, […]

Jul, 04

The Next Karate Kid ** (1994, Pat Morita, Hilary Swank, Michael Ironside) – Classic Movie Review 3843

Director Christopher Cain’s 1994 action adventure is the fourth Karate Kid movie, and proved the last in the original series. And, oh my goodness! – the Next Karate Kid is a girl, and played by a […]

Jun, 11

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