Derek Winnert

The King of Marvin Gardens ***** (1972, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers) – Classic Movie Review 180

The young Jack Nicholson is the king of what was then new Hollywood in Bob Rafelson’s marvellous 1972 gem The King of Marvin Gardens. The young Jack Nicholson is the king of what was then […]

May, 23

The Big Wedding *** (2013, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon, Katherine Heigl, Ben Barnes, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, Robin Williams) – Movie Review

Oscar winners all, Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton and Susan Sarandon head the attractive and appealing all-star cast for this 2013 escapist wedding romantic comedy. The cast are a bunch of old, some very old, […]

May, 23

The Hangover: Part III * (2013, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Jeong, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha, John Goodman, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike Epps, Heather Graham, Melissa McCarthy) – Classic Movie Review

Bad news, The Hangover: Part III (2013) is all about Zach Galifianakis’s 42-year-old slacker slob Alan and Ken Jeong’s sadistic, sexually freewheeling monster mobster Leslie Chow. Bad news, The Hangover: Part III is all about […]

May, 23

Epic *** (2013, voices of Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Beyoncé, Chris O’Dowd, Colin Farrell, Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari) – Movie Review

‘My dad always told me stories about a hidden world where brave warriors watch over and protect us.’ So says our feisty young heroine Mary Katherine (or just MK) in Blue Sky Studio’s undeniably well-meaning […]

May, 23

Fast & Furious 6 **** (Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans) – Movie Review

Fast & Furious 6 goes into overdrive to please, and please it does, a whole lot actually. It races along for two hours and ten minutes, keeping in the fast lane throughout, never once pulling […]

May, 19

Star Trek Into Darkness **** (2013, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve) – Movie Review

What’s not to like? It’s Star Trek!! With the world in its usual chaos, Chris Pine’s Kirk and Zachary Quinto’s Spock explore their properly heterosexual bromance, which culminates in each saving the other’s life against […]

May, 19

The Great Gatsby *** (2013, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton) – Movie Review

F Scott Fitzgerald’s delicate, wispy, thin little thing of a novel, The Great Gatsby has become a ridiculously overblown movie, all fake-looking CGI, nervous performances, restless direction and jittery fast cutting. With enough story for […]

May, 19

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