Derek Winnert

Gardens of Stone **** (1987, James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D B Sweeney, Dean Stockwell, Mary Stewart Masterson) – Classic Movie Review 4733

Director Francis Coppola’s hardly seen 1987 movie Gardens of Stone was another setback to the careers of its star James Caan and director. It was mysteriously taken off during the first week of its London […]

Dec, 02 · in Reviews

Tube Tales **½ (1999, Jason Flemyng, Kelly Macdonald, Denise Van Outen, Tom Bell, Hans Matheson, Carmen Ejogo, Dexter Fletcher, Jim Carter, Sean Pertwee, Liz Smith, Ray Winstone, Rachel Weisz) – Classic Movie Review 4732

Nine short films set on the London Underground directed by and starring the hottest in British talent of 1999. Sounds good, doesn’t it? In Mr Cool, Jason Flemyng desperately tries to impress his dream woman, […]

Dec, 02 · in Uncategorized

Tuck Everlasting ***½ (2002, Alexis Bledel, Jonathan Jackson, Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Scott Bairstow, Ben Kingsley, Amy Irving, Victor Garber) – Classic Movie Review 4731

In the woods, young Winnie Foster (Alexis Bledel) meets a young man, Jesse Tuck (Jonathan Jackson), who is part of a family of immortals, who take her in for fear that she might reveal their […]

Dec, 02

Tucker: The Man and His Dream **** (1988, Jeff Bridges, Martin Landau, Joan Allen, Lloyd Bridges, Christian Slater, Dean Stockwell) – Classic Movie Review 4730

Director Francis Ford Coppola turns his 1988 biopic of maverick car designer Preston Tucker -and the story of how dream of building the revolutionary ‘car of tomorrow today’ was quashed by the auto giants of […]

Dec, 02

The Cotton Club ***½ (1984, Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins, James Remar, Nicolas Cage, Allen Garfield, Fred Gwynne, Gwen Verdon) – Classic Movie Review 4729

Co-writer/ director Francis Ford Coppola’s stylish and vivacious 1984 film toast to Harlem’s notorious Cotton Club jazz nightclub in 1928 stars Richard Gere and Nicolas Cage as brothers Dixie and Vincent Dwyer tapping into the world […]

Dec, 01

Finian’s Rainbow **** (1968, Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Don Francks, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 4728

Fred Astaire is still nimble and sprightly at the age of 69 as Finian McLonergan, and Petula Clark is pleasing as his daughter Sharon, in director Francis Ford Coppola’s highly appealing 1968 movie version of […]

Dec, 01

One from the Heart **** (1981, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski) – Classic Movie Review 4,727

Frederic Forrest and Teri Garr star as lustful Hank and dreamy Frannie, who find new dream partners (Nastassja Kinski, Raul Julia) one 4 July night in Las Vegas, in Francis Coppola’s incredibly lavish and imaginative […]

Dec, 01

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