Derek Winnert

The Intern *** (2015, Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo) – Movie Review

Robert De Niro plays 70-year-old retired widower Ben Whittaker. He’s a sweet, kind, thoughtful and indeed almost saintly individual. This gives De Niro quite a challenge. All the way through this spectacularly long comedy, I […]

Sep, 30 · in Reviews

Dressed as a Girl ***½ (2015, Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber Waze, John Sizzle, Holestar) – Movie Review

Film-maker Colin Rothbart reveals the real people behind East London’s alternative drag scene. Shot over five years, this excellent documentary offers honest portraits of six individuals at the heart it. They are Pia Arber, Scottee, Jonny Woo, Amber […]

Sep, 30 · in Reviews

Wild Side *** (1995, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen, Anne Heche, Steven Bauer, Allen Garfield) – Classic Movie Review 2934

Take a Walken on the Wild Side. Director Donald Cammell’s bizarre, disturbing, challenging last film from 1995, restored as the ‘director’s cut’ in 2000 with the help of Frank Mazzola, the original film editor, gets […]

Sep, 30

Wild Strawberries [Smultronstället] ***** (1957, Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin) – Classic Movie Review 2933

Swedish writer-director Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 world cinema classic traces the spiritual journey of an aged, irascible professor (Victor Sjöström) uncovering his past and present emotional frailties while on a road trip from his home in […]

Sep, 29

Executive Decision *** (1996, Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Steven Seagal, John Leguiziamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, J T Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 2932

Director Stuart Baird’s hokey but often nail-biting 1996 edge-of-seat action thriller stars Kurt Russell, who is on his best form as a reluctant action hero. He is forced to board and tackle the Arab terrorists […]

Sep, 29

Body Double *** (1984, Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry) – Classic Movie Review 2931

Co-writer/producer/director Brian De Palma’s 1984 soft-core Alfred Hitchcock-style crime mystery suspense thriller focuses on a resting actor called Jake Scully (Craig Wasson), just dumped from a grotty horror movie, who then comes home to find […]

Sep, 29

The Martian **** (2015, Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean, Kate Mara, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kristen Wiig) – Movie Review

Matt Damon stars in director Ridley Scott’s 2015 The Martian as astronaut Mark Watney who is left behind by his evacuating crew, presumed dead after a devastating dust storm during a manned mission to Mars. But Watney […]

Sep, 28

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