Derek Winnert

Sacro GRA **** (2013, dir Gianfranco Rosi) – Movie Review

Film-maker Gianfranco Rosi tells a tale, or rather paints a portrait, of his own country of Italy, filming for over two years in a minivan on Rome’s giant ring road, the GRA, to reveal the […]

Nov, 15 · in Reviews

The Case Against 8 **** (2014, Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Jeff Zarrillo, Paul Katami) – Movie Review

Directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White’s epic documentary looks at the epic legal battle to overthrow California’s Proposition 8, which ended gay marriages there when a surprisingly large number of right-wing Californian bigots voted yes to a new provision to […]

Nov, 14 · in Uncategorized

The Circle **** (2014, Ernst Ostertag, Robi Rapp) – Movie Review

Writer-director Stefan Haupt‘s 2014 film is the love story of young gay teacher Ernst Ostertag and the young transvestite singing star Robi Rapp he falls for in Zurich in 1958. It is a feature film rather than a […]

Nov, 14

Whiplash ***** (2014, Miles Teller, J K Simmons, Melissa Benoist) – Movie Review

Miles Teller and J K Simmons are extraordinary as promising young drummer Andrew and his jazz band instructor Fletcher locking horns at a New York cutthroat music conservatory. The ambitious boy’s dreams of greatness are mentored by […]

Nov, 13

Hocus Pocus *** (1993, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Doug Jones) – Classic Movie Review 1,840

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy give engaging turns as three witch sisters in the amusing, high-spirited 1993 Halloween fantasy comedy movie Hocus Pocus. Director Kenny Ortega’s 1993 movie Hocus Pocus is an amusing, […]

Nov, 13

The Drop **** (2014, Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini) – Movie Review

Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini are both excellent in the well shot, tense and atmospheric 2014 character-driven thriller The Drop. Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini are both excellent in a well shot, tense and atmospheric […]

Nov, 13

Remember the Titans **** (2000, Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris) – Classic Movie Review 1839

Director Boaz Yakin’s 2000 sports drama is based on the actual events of 1971. It stars Denzel Washington, who gives a titanic turn as Coach Herman Boone, the newly appointed African-American head coach of a football team […]

Nov, 13

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