Derek Winnert

Men, Women & Children *** (Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler) – Movie Review

Talented director Jason (Juno) Reitman’s comedy drama adapts Chad Kultgen’s novel and takes a smart and satirical aim at the lack of real human communication in the digital age. Fair enough, but it’s an easy target and there […]

Dec, 05 · in Reviews

Penguins of Madagascar *** (2014, voices of John Malkovich and Benedict Cumberbatch) – Movie Review

In this daft, frantic and amusing penguins spinoff from the DreamWorks Madagascar animation franchise, Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico get involved in a global espionage plot. The form a SWAT team of penguins who join forces […]

Dec, 05 · in Reviews

Black Sea *** (2014, Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Tobias Menzies, Ben Mendelsohn) – Movie Review

Jude Law manfully battles odd casting, and an odder ‘Scottish’ accent, as grizzled, veteran submarine skipper Captain Robinson, who is a disgruntled, sacked employee of an ocean salvage company. Salvation seems to come when he is […]

Dec, 04

St Vincent **** (2014, Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Jaeden Lieberher, Naomi Watts) – Movie Review

Bill Murray finds the perfect role for his grouchy persona in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic Vietnam war veteran who finds himself living next door to a new neighbour, overworked, just divorced single parent Maggie (Melissa McCarthy), and her […]

Dec, 04

Carry On Spying *** (1964, Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Cribbins, Charles Hawtrey) – Classic Movie Review 1914

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1964 spy spoof comedy – the ninth Carry On move – sends in the clowns to join in the 60s espionage game. And, in the absence of James Bond or Napoleon Solo, BOSH […]

Dec, 04

Carry On Camping **** (1969, Sidney James, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams, Peter Butterworth, Charles Hawtrey, Terry Scott, Dilys Laye) – Classic Movie Review 1913

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1969 laughter-raiser – the 18th in the series – is one of the most famous of the 31 Carry On movies, mainly thanks to Barbara Windsor’s bra but also to the 10 […]

Dec, 03

Carry On at Your Convenience ** (1971, Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw, Kenneth Cope) – Classic Movie Review 1,912

The Carry On team carries on round the comedy bend and celebrates their 1971 22nd movie Carry On at Your Convenience at a suitable location, W C Boggs’s lavatory factory. Sidney James stars as Sid […]

Dec, 03

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