Derek Winnert

One Night at McCool’s **** (2001, Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser, John Goodman, Michael Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 3008

Director Harald Zwart’s smart and clever 2001 comedy stars Matt Dillon, Paul Reiser and John Goodman as a trio of hapless men who all fall for a beautiful temptress called Jewel (Liv Tyler at her […]

Oct, 24 · in Uncategorized

Van Wilder: Party Liaison * (2002, Ryan Reynolds, Tim Matheson, Tara Reid, Kal Penn) – Classic Movie Review 3007

Director Walt Becker’s 2002 comedy is more or less National Lampoon’s Animal House is revisited 25 years on, with one of its stars. Tim Matheson, now playing the workaholic dad of eternal student slacker Van […]

Oct, 24 · in Uncategorized

Woman in the Moon [Frau im Mond] **** (1929, Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp) – Classic Movie Review 3006

Director Fritz Lang’s last silent movie from 1929 is one of the first and most important sci-fi movies with its story of obsession about a half-mad greedy scientist, Professor Georg Manfeldt (Klaus Pohl), who finds that there […]

Oct, 23

Spione [Spies] **** (1928, Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch) – Classic Movie Review 3005

The great Austrian producer-director Fritz Lang’s epic 1928 German silent classic spy thriller yarn is packed full of intrigue, chases, romance, seduction, betrayal, espionage atmosphere and fascinating characters. Rudolph Klein-Rogge stars as crippled banker Haghi, […]

Oct, 23

Mississippi Grind *** (2015, Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller, Yvonne Landry, Alfre Woodard) – Movie Review

Ben Mendelsohn stars as 44-year old down-on-his-luck gambling addict Gerry desperately looking for the big win that will get him out of his financial and life mess. He’s a man who would stake his own […]

Oct, 23

Paper Planes *** (2014, Ed Oxenbould, Sam Worthington, Julian Dennison, David Wenham, Terry Norris, Deborah Mailman) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Robert Connolly’s Aussie children’s film is sweet, charming, likeable, touching – and just plain darned nice. That’s a hard trick to pull off these days, and so is its story about a young Australian boy’s passion for flight […]

Oct, 22

Spectre ***½ (2015, Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Dave Bautista, Naomie Harris) – Movie Review

Daniel Craig is back for his fourth Bond movie in director Sam Mendes‘s sequel to his smash-hit Skyfall (2012). It’s hard to follow the most successful 007 movie, but they’ve done a pretty bang-up job, […]

Oct, 22

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