Derek Winnert

Steve Jobs **** (2015, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Michael Stuhlbarg) – Movie Review

Danny Boyle‘s 2015 movie casts Michael Fassbender as the architect of the digital revolution, Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple inc. Let’s be clear, this isn’t a biopic of Jobs. Instead it paints a […]

Nov, 11 · in Reviews

Grandma ***½ (2015, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott, Nat Wolff) – Movie Review

Odd film, Grandma, sad and uncomfortable, yet funny, truthful and haunting. For all its rough edges, it works really well with a sharp breath of fresh air and is memorable for giving a grand role […]

Nov, 11 · in Reviews

Fathers and Daughters ** (2015, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Jane Fonda, Diane Kruger, Bruce Greenwood) – Movie Review

Director Gabriele Muccino’s heart-tugger is an old-fashioned women’s film, done with plenty of confidence and expertise but unfortunately not enough skill. With a good, expert cast, the talent’s all there, but there are gaping holes throughout the […]

Nov, 10

The Sheik **** (1921, Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolphe Menjou, Walter Long, George Waggner, Ruth Miller) – Classic Movie Review 3050

Producer-director George Melford’s rousing 1921 vehicle for great silent-movie star Rudolph Valentino provides one of his finest, superstar-making showcases. The Sheik cemented his reputation as the greatest screen lover of them all. Even now, it is […]

Nov, 10

The Astonished Heart *** (1950, Celia Johnson, Noël Coward, Margaret Leighton, Graham Payn, Joyce Carey) – Classic Movie Review 3049

One of Noël Coward’s Tonight at 8:30 collection of 10 short plays (like Still Life that became Brief Encounter) looks thin and exposed in director Terence Fisher’s poorly directed, sluggish 1950 screen version. It fails […]

Nov, 09

War Horse **** (2011, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Tom Hiddleston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Marsan, Toby Kebbell, David Kross, Peter Mullan) – Classic Movie Review 3048

Steven Spielberg’s solidly crafted 2011 British-American war drama War Horse is a guaranteed heart-tugger, with a decent screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis adapting Michael Morpurgo’s 1982 children’s novel set around World War One. […]

Nov, 09

The Astro-Zombies ½ (1968, Wendell Corey, John Carradine, Tom Pace, Joan Patrick, Rafael Campos, Tura Satana) – Classic Movie Review 3047

Incredibly dreadful 1968 Sci-Fi horror yarn, with Wendell Corey (as the investigating FBI agent Holman) and John Carradine (as the usual crazed doctor Dr DeMarco, who is making the Astro-Zombies) unfairly embarrassed. DeMarco is fired […]

Nov, 09

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