Derek Winnert

Rise of the Footsoldier ** (2007, Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 3268

Co-writer/director Julian Gilbey‘s British gangster drama is, as expected, incredibly violent and foul-mouthed. It is based on a shocking true story – the real-life Rettendon Range Rover murders. It follows the career of Essex football […]

Jan, 15 · in Reviews

Silver Linings Playbook **** (2012, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Rock, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 3267

Writer-director David O Russell’s waywardly brilliant romantic comedy drama stars Bradley Cooper as former teacher Pat Solitano who comes out of a mental institution and moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile […]

Jan, 15 · in Reviews

Spotlight **** (2015, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Billy Crudup) – Movie Review

Spotlight is tense, urgent and dynamic, with great performances and a good flavour of the newsroom. Co-writer / director Tom McCarthy urgently tells the true story of how the Boston Globe’s tenacious Spotlight team of […]

Jan, 15

The Big Short **** (2015, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, Finn Wittrock) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Adam McKay’s dynamic and janglingly vibrating movie tells three separate but parallel true stories of the America mortgage housing crisis of 2005 like it’s a near cousin of The Wolf of Wall Street. It’s […]

Jan, 14

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader *** (2010, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes) – Classic Movie Review 3266

Director Michael Apted’s tauter and leaner 2010 third Narnia episode has considerably improved on its predecessors on the adventure front, with more imaginative and appealing special effects, music, cinematography and sets this time. Staying reasonably close […]

Jan, 13

Trumbo **** (2015, Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elle Fanning) – Movie Review

Director Jay Roach’s riveting 2015 movie tells the crucial story of the diabolical Hollywood blacklist and America’s persecution of left-wingers and radicals that brought appalling harm to individuals, some jailed after committing no crime, and shame […]

Jan, 13

Capture the Flag ***½ (2015, Carme Calvell, Dani Rovira, Michelle Jenner, Javier Balas, Camilo Garcia, Oriol Tarragó) – Movie Review

Now here’s something tasty and a bit different – a 3D animated adventure comedy about landing on the Moon, then and now. It’s got an involving proper story to tell – it isn’t just a string of […]

Jan, 13

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