Derek Winnert

Unlocked ** (2017, Noomi Rapace, Orlando Bloom, Michael Douglas, Toni Collette, John Malkovich) – Movie Review

Despite the excellent cast and posh director, everyone has lost their touch in director Michael Apted’s off-key action thriller, with a topical terrorism theme. Working hard as ever, Noomi Rapace does her level best and […]

May, 03 · in Uncategorized

A Dog’s Purpose **½ (2017, Dennis Quaid, Peggy Lipton, K J Apa, Britt Robertson) – Movie Review

Director Lasse Hallström’s comedy drama is far fetched but quite sweet just the same, well acted and handled with conviction. It’s a cheeky sort of film that sits up and begs you to love it. […]

May, 03 · in Uncategorized

Mindhorn ** (2016, Julian Barratt, David Schofield, Andrea Riseborough, Russell Tovey, Harriet Walter, Steve Coogan) – Movie Review

Julian Barratt works hard to raise laughs in this relentlessly silly spoof comedy as a has-been actor, Richard Thorncroft, who in his glory days once played Detective Mindhorn in a Bergerac-style Eighties TV detective series. Now living […]

May, 03

A Wedding ****½ (1978, Carol Burnett, Desi Arnaz Jr, Paul Dooley, Vittorio Gassman, Lillian Gish, Paul Dooley, Mia Farrow, Geraldine Chaplin, Howard Duff) – Classic Movie Review 5,389

Robert Altman’s exhilarating American 1978 panoramic satirical ensemble comedy-drama film A Wedding is one of his best movies, a dark comedy masterpiece with multiple plots, overlapping dialogue and a huge cast.  Co-writer/ director Robert Altman’s […]

May, 03

Wedding Crashers **** (2005, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Christopher Walken, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour) – Classic Movie Review 5388

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are at their best as womanising John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, who sneak into weddings to find partners for short-term flings, but fall out when their carefree days change after John meets […]

May, 03

Sleepless ** (2017, Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney, Scoot McNairy) – Movie Review

Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx sleep-walks through director Baran bo Odar’s mediocre, nastily violent action thriller, based on Frédéric Jardin’s 2011 French original, Nuit blanche [Sleepless Night]. You can see what they were after, a take on a Liam Neeson-style […]

May, 03

The Comedians **** (1967, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Browne, Cicely Tyson) – Classic Movie Review 5,387

The Comedians (1967) is a distinguished and exciting film of Graham Greene’s great novel set in despotic Papa Doc Duvalier’s turbulent and violent Haiti. It’s an important serious piece of work for the Richard Burton-Elizabeth […]

May, 03

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