Derek Winnert

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I.Q. *** (1994, Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Joseph Maher, Lou Jacobi, Gene Saks, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 10,473

Ah, yes, with Albert Einstein as Cupid what could possibly go wrong? Director Fred Schepisi’s 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q. stars Tim Robbins as garage mechanic Ed Walters, who tries to romance mathematician Catherine Boyd, […]

Oct, 28

Hanging Up ** (2000, Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Cloris Leachman, Adam Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 10,472

Diane Keaton directs and stars in the well-cast, weepie 2000 family comedy drama Hanging Up about a trio of attractive self-absorbed middle-aged sisters (Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow), who are forced to forget their differences […]

Oct, 28

3 Women **** (1977, Shelley Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Janice Rule) – Classic Movie Review 10,471

‘1 woman became 2/2 women became 3/3 women became 1’. Writer-director Robert Altman’s 1977 avant-garde drama film 3 Women is an Ingmar Bergmanesque study of vain old folks’ home worker Millie (Shelley Duvall), new mysterious teenage helper […]

Oct, 27

Unstrung Heroes *** (1995, Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Nathan Watt, Maury Chaykin, Michael Richards) – Classic Movie Review 10,470

Director Diane Keaton’s 1995 drama Unstrung Heroes is an odd but sweet and good-hearted yarn about a 12-year-old lad (Nathan Watt), sent to live happily with his crazily eccentric uncles (Maury Chaykin and Michael Richards) […]

Oct, 27

Used Cars *** (1980, Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Gerrit Graham, Frank McRae) – Classic Movie Review 10,469

Director Robert Zemeckis’s coarse but funny 1980 cynical black comedy Used Cars stars Kurt Russell and Jack Warden as rival used-car dealers who leave nothing to chance when attracting customers. The two stars, plus Gerrit […]

Oct, 27

Used People *** (1992, Shirley MacLaine, Marcello Mastroianni, Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Marcia Gay Harden) – Classic Movie Review 10,468

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1992 drama Used People offers good opportunities for a lovely bunch of actresses, and is a funny, good-natured, cosily predictable film, with enough edge to see it over the sticky sentiment. Shirley […]

Oct, 27

The Unsinkable Molly Brown *** (1964, Debbie Reynolds, Harve Presnell, Ed Begley, Jack Kruschen, Hermione Baddeley, Martita Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 10,467

‘Can a girl find happiness with $20,000,000? YOU BET!’ Director Charles Walters’s 1964 Broadway show transfer The Unsinkable Molly Brown boasts Debbie Reynolds full of beans as the real-life mining-camp tomboy Molly Brown, who climbs […]

Oct, 27

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