Derek Winnert

Shattered Glass **** (2003, Hayden Christensen, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn) – Classic Movie Review 1899

Writer-director Billy Ray’s 2003 real-life media drama finds good work for Hayden Christensen, who acts like a male model in the Star Wars series, but here kicks up a storm as real-life rogue reporter Stephen […]

Nov, 28 · in Reviews

Life as a House *** (2002, Hayden Christensen, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas) – Classic Movie Review 1898

Director Irwin Winkler’s 2002 drama stars Kevin Kline as George Monroe, a lonely, middle-aged Southern California coast divorcee. He is living alone, apart from his dog, and has been working in a hated job as an […]

Nov, 28 · in Reviews

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut *** (1999, voices of Trey Parker, Matt Stone) – Classic Movie Review 1897

Co-writer/director Trey Parker’s outrageous 1999 animated satirical comedy centres on American parents who try to force their government to wage war on the corrupting Canadians. Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Chef from Parker and Matt […]

Nov, 28

Bowfinger ** (1999, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham) – Classic Movie Review 1896

Director Frank Oz’s 1999 is a rather obvious, tepid comedy look at low-budget film-making that’s already been covered in funnier, cleverer films. Star and screenwriter Steve Martin’s screenplay is silly, unreal and not very funny, while […]

Nov, 28

Cheaper by the Dozen **** (1950, Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain) – Classic Movie Review 1895

Ideally, indeed perfectly cast Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy are just lovely as Frank Bunker Gilbreth and Mrs Lillian Gilbreth in director Walter Lang’s effective and entertaining vintage 1950 real-life heart-warming comedy about harassed turn-of-the-last-century […]

Nov, 28

Cheaper by the Dozen ** (2003, Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo) – Classic Movie Review 1894

Steve Martin stars in the old Clifton Webb role of crusty patriarch in director Shawn Levy’s fairly feeble, rather bad-tempered 2003 remake of the 1950 comedy classic Cheaper by the Dozen about a couple of […]

Nov, 28

My Boyfriend’s Back ** (1993, Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Danny Zorn) – Classic Movie Review 1893

Director Bob Balaban’s 1993 teen black romantic comedy satisfyingly weird, well-meaning but shaky. It has a neat message and good performances, mainly by the old-time performers. The alternative title of Johnny Zombie tells the tale. Andrew […]

Nov, 28

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