Derek Winnert

The Benefactor **½ (2015, Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James) – Movie Review

Richard Gere looks as old as Methusalah as Franny, an eccentric, dope-smoking, stinking rich philanthropist who meddles in the lives of a newly-married young couple in an attempt to relive his past. Dakota Fanning and Theo […]

Feb, 24 · in Reviews

Exposed *** (2016, Keanu Reeves, Ana de Armas, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino) – Movie Review

Keanu Reeves stars as Detective Galban, a tormented New York cop who investigates the truth behind the life and death of his partner and close friend, Detective Cullen, murdered in a subway. The case reveals disturbing police […]

Feb, 24 · in Reviews

Secret in Their Eyes **½ (2015, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts) – Movie Review

American writer-director Billy Ray adapts Juan José Campanella’s 2010 Argentinian Oscar-winner Best Foreign Language Film El secreto de sus ojos [The Secret in Their Eyes] for an American remake. The 2015 thriller Secret in Their […]

Feb, 24

Grimsby ** (2016, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Isla Fisher) – Movie Review

Sacha Baron Cohen puts the grim in Grimsby as his latest creation, the football obsessed, kebab-munching Nobby. Cohen and Mark Strong form a highly skilled comedy double act but the jokes are mean and offensive – and isn’t […]

Feb, 24

The Big Knife **** (1955, Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Jean Hagen, Everett Sloan, Ilka Chase) – Classic Movie Review 3405

Producer-director Robert Aldrich gets his big knife out to stab Tinseltown in the back. He fancies – and really relishes – the idea of biting the hand that feeds him in this sly and superlative […]

Feb, 24

I Want to Live! **** (1958, Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent) – Movie Review 3404

‘Thank goodness, we can all relax, Susan Hayward’s won the Oscar she has been chasing for 20 years.’ Susan Hayward’s Best Actress Oscar-winning portrayal of Barbara Graham, a card-sharp, thief and prostitute who was sentenced […]

Feb, 24

The Lusty Men **** (1952, Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur Hunnicutt) – Classic Movie Review 3403

Robert Mitchum stars as old-hand rodeo rider Jeff McCloud in director Nicholas Ray’s flavoursome, rather special, character- and atmosphere-driven 1952 Western drama. It is one of Ray’s lesser-known but best movies. Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy, Arthur […]

Feb, 24

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