Derek Winnert

The Good Son * (1993, Elijah Wood, Macaulay Culkin, Wendy Crewson, David Morse) – Classic Movie Review 5767

Elijah Wood stars as a young boy called Mark who comes to live in Maine with his aunt and uncle on the death of his mom, while his father goes on a business trip to Tokyo. […]

Jul, 16 · in Reviews

Radio Flyer *** (1992, Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Adam Baldwin, Ben Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 5766

Director Richard Donner’s tentative but often moving 1992 story stars Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazzello as two kid brothers retreating into a fantasy world in which they concoct a scheme for a flying machine after […]

Jul, 15 · in Reviews

Jersey Girl *** (1992, Jami Gertz, Dylan McDermott, Sheryl Lee, Aida Turturro, Molly Price, Star Jasper, Joseph Mazzello, Joseph Bologna) – Classic Movie Review 5765

‘It takes a special kind of girl to know exactly what she wants… and not give up anything to get it.’ Jami Gertz stars as New Jersey girl Toby Mastallone, who imagines a way out […]

Jul, 15

Presumed Innocent **** (1990, Harrsion Ford, Greta Scacchi, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Paul Winfield, John Spencer, Joe Grifasi, David Wohl, Jesse Bradford, Joseph Mazzello) – Classic Movie Review 5764

Co-writer/ director Alan J Pakula’s 1990 neo noir adult thriller with four-letter words stars Harrsion Ford as Rusty Sabich, a prosecuting attorney whose life is thrown into turmoil after he has an affair with a […]

Jul, 15

Shopping ** (1994, Sadie Frost, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee) – Classic Movie Review 5763

This dismayingly violent, nihilistic and empty 1994 contemporary British teen action thriller finds its debut writer-director Paul W S Anderson struggling desperately to control an over-heated vision of lawless gangs roving England’s grim and unpleasant […]

Jul, 15

London **** (1994, voice of Paul Scofield) – Classic Movie Review 5762

Writer-director and cameraman Patrick Keiller’s personal and politicial 1994 feature-length debut is a witty and penetrating British documentary, a travelogue cum essay film mounting a virulent attack on the state of early to mid-Nineties London. […]

Jul, 15

Maggie’s Plan **** (2015, Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Travis Fimmel) – Classic Movie Review 5761

Writer/director Rebecca Miller’s intelligent, heartfelt romantic comedy is amusing, smart and decidedly quirky. It gives Greta Gerwig a chance to shine as career counsellor Maggie, whose plan is to have a baby on her own […]

Jul, 15

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