Derek Winnert

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Captain America: The First Avenger **** (2011, Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L Jackson, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Derek Luke, Stanley Tucci, Toby Jones) – Classic Movie Review 3601

Chris Evans stars and commands the screen as the Marvel Comics character Captain America in director Joe Johnston’s excellent 2011 American superhero film, the first Captain America movie and the fifth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It […]

Apr, 24

Spotlight **** (2015, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup) – Movie Review

Spotlight is tense, urgent and dynamic, with great performances and a good flavour of the newsroom. Co-writer / director Tom McCarthy urgently tells the true story of how the Boston Globe’s tenacious Spotlight team of […]

Jan, 15

The Devil Wears Prada **** (2006, Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier) – Classic Movie Review 2873

Anne Hathaway stars in director David Frankel’s 2006 romantic comedy drama as the smart but not smartly dressed new graduate Andy Sachs, who turns up scruffy, conceited and unprepared and unexpectedly lands a job she […]

Sep, 02

Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Fear **** (1988, Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil) – Classic Movie Review 2751

Writer-director George A Romero’s edge-of-seat, uber-gripping 1988 thriller boasts plenty of high anxiety, tension and chills throughout. Jason Beghe stars as Allan Mann, an athlete, cut down in his prime by a road accident and […]

Jul, 29

America’s Sweethearts ***½ (2001, Julia Roberts, John Cusack, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hank Azaria, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green) – Classic Movie Review 2521

Billy Crystal bites the hand that feeds him in his cracking (co-written) screenplay for director Joe Roth’s sparkling 2001 Hollywood comedy. And, Crystal included,  called he’s got just the right cast to make it sizzle. […]

May, 25

A Little Chaos **** (2014, Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci) – Movie Review

After a gap of 17 years comes Alan Rickman’s very welcome second film as director, a delightful tale of gardening in old France. It’s a romantic comedy drama. Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenaerts star as Sabine […]

Apr, 15

Wild Card *** (2015, Jason Statham, Michael Angarano, Stanley Tucci) – Movie Review

Jason Statham stars as ultra-tough and uber-resourceful Las Vegas bodyguard Nick Wild in a gritty and intriguing remake of the Burt Reynolds crime thriller Heat (1986). Statham’s Wild gets a weird thing going with rich young entrepreneur Cyrus Kinnick (Michael […]

Mar, 20

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