Derek Winnert

Man Up *** (2015, Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond) – Movie Review

American Lake Bell stars as a 34-year-old single English woman, Nancy, who runs in to Simon Pegg‘s 40-year-old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24-year-old blind date Jessica (Ophelia Lovibond). Nancy decides to go with […]

May, 27 · in Reviews

High Plains Drifter **** (1973, Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill) – Classic Movie Review 2530

Director-star Clint Eastwood’s surreal and brooding 1973 revenge Western High Plains Drifter is rich and strange, and proves one of his finest films. It is his first Western as director and second film as director […]

May, 27 · in Reviews

Stage Door ***** (1937, Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 2529

Director Gregory La Cava’s hugely entertaining 1937 classic comedy stars Katharine Hepburn as American rich society beauty Terry Randall and Ginger Rogers as sarcastic, smart-mouth broad Joan Maitland. The duo spar delightfully as young actresses sharing rooms […]

May, 27

Eraserhead **** (1977, Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph) – Movie Review 2528

Writer-designer-producer-director David Lynch’s bizarre, pace-setting 1977 feature film debut, produced by the American Film Institute, was an instant cult hit, propelling him on his brilliant career, though Eraserhead’s dark unpleasantness can be quite alienating. This […]

May, 27

The Entertainer ***** (1960, Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field) – Classic Movie Review 2527

Director Tony Richardson’s superlative 1960 film version of one of John Osborne’s finest theatre plays The Entertainer stars Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey and Joan Plowright. Director Tony Richardson’s superlative 1960 film version […]

May, 27

Executive Suite **** (1954, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, June Allyson, Fredric March, Louis Calhern, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Paul Douglas, Dean Jagger, Nina Foch) – Classic Movie Review 2526

‘Behind the lighted tower windows the conflict of love and power is reckless and daring!’ Director Robert Wise’s Oscar-nominated 1954 drama stars Barbara Stanwyck as Julia O Tredway, who oversees the candidates for new board […]

May, 27

San Andreas *** (2015, Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Paul Giamatti) – Movie Review

Taken with a huge pinch of salt, San Andreas is quite a lot of old-style disaster movie fun, slickly done and fast moving. Dwayne Johnson’s a good hero and very pleasant company for a couple […]

May, 27

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