Derek Winnert

Everly *** (2014, Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda) – Movie Review

Salma Hayek goes through hell and high water to face down hitmen sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment. Director Joe Lynch‘s inventive and exciting action thriller is very […]

Jun, 24 · in Reviews

Minions *** (2015, voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Saunders, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Geoffrey Rush) – Movie Review

Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin’s Despicable Me (2010) spinoff is an animated tale of three Minions – Stuart, Kevin and Bob – who venture out into the world to find a new evil boss to follow […]

Jun, 24 · in Reviews

Robin Hood: Men in Tights *** (1993, Cary Elwes, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Tracey Ullman, Patrick Stewart, Dom DeLuise, Mel Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 2,636

Find out where Robin Hood put his Little John and what made Will Scarlet. Mel Brooks’s 1993 spoof comedy film Robin Hood: Men in Tights is amiable and amusing. ‘The legend had it coming… Find […]

Jun, 24

Satyricon [Fellini Satyricon] **** (1969, Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Capucine, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny) – Classic Movie Review 2635

The decadence of Ancient Rome inspires director Federico Fellini, who is on fine, lusty form in this 1969 movie version of the classic book by Petronius (Gaius Petronius Arbiter). In the tales, two student friends, […]

Jun, 24

Cluny Brown **** (1946, Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Richard Haydn) – Classic Movie Review 2634

Producer-director Ernst Lubitsch’s last completed film is the 1946 sophisticated romantic comedy Cluny Brown, set in pre-World War Two England, getting its laughs out of satirising the smugness of British high society. Jennifer Jones stars as […]

Jun, 23

Field of Dreams ***** (1989, Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan) Classic Movie Review 2,633

Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Amy Madigan star in the classic 1989 fantasy drama film Field of Dreams, a huge success for Kevin Costner, as struggling Iowa corn farmer Ray Kinsella. […]

Jun, 23

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie [Le Charme Discret de la Bourgeoisie] ***** (1972, Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Paul Frankeur) – Classic Movie Review 2632

Co-writer/director Luis Buñuel’s wonderful surrealist comedy of manners and satire on social mores and class hypocrisy won the 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (for France). It is an unmissable Buñuel classic. Behind all the […]

Jun, 23

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