Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Twixt *** (2011, Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning, Joanne Whalley, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 4734

Writer / producer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s teasingly nightmarish 2011 experimental horror thriller stars Val Kilmer as Hall Baltimore a-down-on-his-luck writer who specializes in novels based on witch hunting, and Elle Fanning as young girl Virginia or […]

Jan, 02 · in Reviews

Tetro **** (2009, Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich, Maribel Verdú, Carmen Maura, Klaus Maria Brandauer) – Classic Movie Review 4735

Writer / producer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s highly impressive 2009 film noir-infused emotional drama stars Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú and tells the story of the reunion of two brothers. Coppola’s screenplay follows the rivalries arising […]

Jan, 02 · in Reviews

The Rocket Man * (1954, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Anne Francis, John Agar, Beverly Garland, John Agar, George ‘Foghorn’ Winslow) – Classic Movie Review 4834

Wait for it! ‘Out-of-this-world laughter and down-to-earth charm when the face from space turns out to be…the kid next door!’ But alas any acid wit, high-spirited fun or real charm are sorely lacking from director […]

Jan, 02

Rocket Gibraltar **** (1988, Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, Patricia Clarkson, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey, Macaulay Culkin) – Classic Movie Review 4833

Director Daniel Petrie’s 1988 drama stars Burt Lancaster as widowed family patriarch Levi Rockwell, who is having his 77th birthday. His caring but uncomprehending adult kids and his open, generous-spirited grand-children arrive to celebrate. When […]

Jan, 02

Why Him? *** (2016, James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Megan Mullally, Zoey Deutch) – Movie Review

Middle-aged couple Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally are invited by their 22-year-old daughter (Zoey Deutch) to spend the holidays getting too know her new, older Silicon Valley billionaire boyfriend (James Franco) at his modernist mansion. […]

Jan, 02

Heat and Dust **** (1983, Julie Christie, Shashi Kapoor, Greta Scacchi, Christopher Cazenove, Susan Fleetwood, Barry Foster, Julian Glover) – Classic Movie Review 4832

Director James Ivory’s sumptuous 1983 romantic drama stars Julie Christie, who relishes a highly rewarding role as a young Englishwoman who wants to find the whole truth about herself and India via the letters of […]

Dec, 31

Boots! Boots! ** (1934, George Formby, Beryl Formby, Arthur Kingsley, Tonie Forde, Lillian Keyes) – Classic Movie Review 4830

Love blooms when George Formby has his little ukulele in his hand in the 1934 British musical comedy film Boots! Boots!  Director Bert Tracy’s 1934 British musical comedy film Boots! Boots! features George Formby in his […]

Dec, 31

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