Derek Winnert

Leviathan ***** (2014, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov) – Movie Review

Russia’s official submission to the best foreign language film category of the 87th Academy Awards in 2015 is a superb movie. Vladimir Vdovichenkov gives a fiery performance as the troubled, embattled Dmitri, who is forced to […]

Nov, 07 · in Reviews

The Rage: Carrie 2 ** (1999, Emily Bergl, Jason London, Dylan Bruno) – Classic Movie Review 1813

Director Katt Shea’s 1999 horror thriller sequel stars Emily Bergl as outcast teenager Rachel Lang, who attends Bates High School. But the other pupils had better stay on her good side, as she has an […]

Nov, 07 · in Reviews

Say When [Laggies] *** (2014, Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell – Movie Review

Keira Knightley boldly goes across the Atlantic as Megan, an American woman in some kind of life crisis, who absurdly panics when her doting high-school boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) suddenly proposes. She escapes for a week to […]

Nov, 06

The Skeleton Twins *** (2014, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson) – Movie Review

A movie that starts with both its central characters trying to commit suicide isn’t going to be all a bundle of laughs, and nor is this one, but it certainly tries hard to amuse as […]

Nov, 06

Interstellar *** (2014, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine) – Movie Review

Sometime soon, the Earth is on the brink of extinction through drought, famine and extreme climate changes. But a mysterious rip in the space-time continuum gives humans a chance to widen their lifespan. Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway lead a group of explorers […]

Nov, 06

The Purple Rose of Cairo **** (1985, Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello) – Classic Movie Review 1812

Writer-director Woody Allen’s witty, bitter-sweet 1985 romantic fantasy comedy is a enchanting treat. It won the Bafta award for Best Film and the César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as  the FIPRESCI Prize at […]

Nov, 06

Broadway Danny Rose **** (1984, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte) – Classic Movie Review 1811

  Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s wry and warm 1984 movie about life on the lower rungs of the showbiz ladder is delightfully quirky and affectionate. The third of Allen’s 13 movies with Mia Farrow, and Allen’s […]

Nov, 06

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