Derek Winnert

Spy *** (2015, Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, Jude Law) – Movie Review

There’s no false advertising here. Spy does exactly what it says on the tin. It’s a spy movie and it stars Melissa McCarthy. Fans of both need look no further. Actually it’s a spy spoof. […]

May, 22 · in Reviews

Tokyo Tribe **** (2014, Ryôhei Suzuki, Riki Takeuchi, Young Dais, Ryûta Satô) – Movie Review

With a pounding soundtrack of rhyming Japanese rap (the English sub-title translations rhyme as well!), writer-director Shion Sono’s musical fight movie, based on Santa Inoue’s magna series is sensational. It’s as full-on as its is completely crazy. […]

May, 22 · in Reviews

Moomins on the Riviera [Muumit Rivieralla] *** (2014, voices of Russell Tovey, Nathaniel Parker, Tracy Ann Oberman) – Movie Review

Like certain brands of cheese or ham, Moomins on the Riviera, based on Tove Jansson’s comic strip is sweet and mild. Moomins fans will appreciate the loving care that’s gone into it and that the film is […]

May, 22

The New Girlfriend [Une nouvelle amie] **** (2014, Romain Duris, Anaïs Demoustier) – Movie Review

Anaïs Demoustier plays Claire, whose best friend Laura (Isild Le Besco) dies young and she has to keep her promise of looking over her widower, David (Romain Duris), and their six month old baby. However, she uncovers […]

May, 21

Spring **** (2014, Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker) – Movie Review

Lou Taylor Pucci stars as young Californian chef Evan, who flees the US to Italy when his mom dies and he’s in trouble with the police. There he meets a couple of other dudes and meets […]

May, 21

Return to Sender *** (2015, Rosamund Pike, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Nolte, Illeana Douglas, Rumer Willis, Scout Taylor-Compton) – Movie Review

Rosamund Pike is back in Gone Girl mode in director Fouad Mikati’s intriguing thriller, as a nurse American small town who is brutally raped by a boy (Shiloh Fernandez) who turns up at her home just […]

May, 21

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night **** (2014, Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Dominic Rains) – Movie Review

Writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour‘s ultra-confident, uber-astonishing feature debut vampire movie (based on her 2011 short film) is hardly a vampire movie at all. It’s a teasing, genre-bending romantic horror thriller, with no real horror or […]

May, 20

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