Derek Winnert

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Adaptation **** (2002, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 824

Director Spike Jonze’s 2002 comedy drama film Adaptation is a quietly dazzling cult favourite from the maker of Being John Malkovich and Her. There were four Oscar nominations, but there was only one win: Chris […]

Feb, 13

Following **** (1998, Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell) – Classic Movie Review 802

Christopher Nolan’s 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film Following is his promising feature film debut. It is now acclaimed as one of the most notable no-budget films, showing Nolan’s flair, but it is an excellent little […]

Feb, 05

Ocean’s 12 **** (2004, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac) – Classic Movie Review 697

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are the quintessence of cool here as crooks Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan in director Steven Soderbergh’s entertainingly slick and infectiously larky 2004 sequel to the 2001 hit Ocean’s Eleven. […]

Jan, 15

Lift to the Scaffold [Ascenseur pour l’échafaud] ***** (1958, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly, Lino Ventura) – Classic Movie Review 544

Director Louis Malle’s 1958 debut feature Ascenseur pour l’échafaud [Lift to the Scaffold] [Elevator to the Gallows] is a brilliant, haunting and complex film noir thriller. It made an international star of the 30-year-old Jeanne […]

Dec, 18

To Catch a Thief ***** (1954, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams) – Classic Movie Review 443

Alfred Hitchcock’s purringly smooth, thoroughly enjoyable 1954 escapist romantic comedy-mystery has the inestimable benefit of starring the director’s two favourites, Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. As a thriller, it’s at the opposite end of the […]

Nov, 24

Heat ***** (1995, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora) – Classic Movie Review 225

Al Pacino’s LA cop Lieutenant Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro’s master thief Neil McCauley battle it out in Michael Mann’s brilliant cat-and-mouse epic gangster thriller film Heat. Tom Sizemore plays crew member Michael Cheritto. […]

Sep, 05

Elysium ***½ (2013, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley) – Movie Review

I’ve got good and bad news for you. First the good news. It’s 2154, and if you’re rich you can fly off to live like royalty on Jodie Foster’s man-made space station floating high in […]

Aug, 14

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