Derek Winnert

The King and I * (1999, voices of Miranda Richardson, Martin Vidnovic, Christiane Noll, Ian Richardson) – Classic Movie Review 2194

Director Richard Rich’s misfiring 1999 animated feature is a disappointing, flatly cartoon version of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II all-time great 1951 stage and 1956 movie musical triumphs, based on Margaret Landon’s book […]

Feb, 21 · in Reviews

The King and I **** (1956, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 2193

Director Walter Lang’s much loved five-Oscar-winning 1956 film of the Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) all-time great stage triumph, based on Margaret Landon’s book Anna and the King of Siam, is hugely […]

Feb, 20 · in Reviews

Project Almanac **½ (2015, Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Virginia Gardner, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista) – Movie Review

Jonny Weston plays David Raskin who discovers his dad’s secret plans for a time machine and he and a group of brainy American teens use them to construct one. As they go back and forth it […]

Feb, 20

The Wedding Ringer ** (2015, Kevin Hart, Josh Gad, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting) – Movie Review

Kevin Hart and Josh Gad have their work cut out to make this bromance wedding comedy funny. It would like to be The Hangover crossed with Wedding Crashers, but those prove tough acts to follow. Hart plays […]

Feb, 20

Blackhat *** (2015, Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Wei Tang, Leehom Wang, Ritchie Coster) – Movie Review

Director Michael Mann‘s thinking person’s action cyber-thriller is a competent, sometimes exciting entertainment. But it is also frustrating as it feels like there’s a much better movie trying to break out of if, and ultimately it […]

Feb, 19

Cake ***½ (2014, Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington) – Movie Review

Jennifer Aniston can’t really win. Whenever she plays comedy or romcom which she’s so good at, everyone says she’s just coasting, still doing her schlep as Rachel in Friends. And if she does a serious […]

Feb, 19

Carousel ***** (1956, Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell) – Classic Movie Review 2,192

The vivacious vintage 1956 musical film Carousel stars Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, who act and sing their socks off as the layabout carnival barker Billy Bigelow and Julie Jordan, the shy young woman he […]

Feb, 19

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