Derek Winnert

Waking Up in Reno *** (2002, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron, Patrick Swayze) – Classic Movie Review 1755

Nobody’s going to argue about the quality of the cast for director Jordan Brady’s semi-amusing 2002 piece, as two dim couples are embroiled in infidelity on their vacation. Brent Briscoe and Mark Fauser’s daffy screenplay […]

Oct, 08 · in Reviews

Trapped *** (2002, Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 1754

Director Luis Mandoki’s 2002 thriller stars Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Hickey, Cheryl and Marvin, scumbag lowlifes who make an unhealthy living kidnapping kids for the ransom money. But they meet […]

Oct, 08 · in Reviews

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas *** (2003, voices Brad Pitt, Joseph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer) – Classic Movie Review 1753

To save his lifelong buddy Prince Proteus (voice of Joseph Fiennes), Brad Pitt’s sea-faring adventurer Sinbad battles Michelle Pfeiffer’s evil goddess Eris (vocally, at least) for a magic book, with the help of feisty Marina […]

Oct, 08

The Maze Runner *** (2014, Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Patricia Clarkson) – Movie Review

The 23-year-old TV Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien plays the hero Thomas, who emerges into a community of about 60 teenage boys after his memory is erased and he wakes up in an elevator. Director Wes […]

Oct, 08

I Am Sam *** (2001, Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning) – Classic Movie Review 1752

Co-writer/director Jessie Nelson’s highly emotional 2001 drama showcases Sean Penn’s Oscar-nominated performance as the developmentally challenged, brain-of-seven single parent Sam, who just wants to keep custody of the seven-year-old daughter her loves, little Lucy (Dakota […]

Oct, 07

Vanity Fair *** (2004, Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Romola Garai) – Classic Movie Review 1751

Likeable and engaging, director Mira Nair’s 2004 film is a very fair if slightly uninspired stab at filming a difficult novel, plodding relentlessly through the seemingly endless and complex detail and plotlines of William Makepeace […]

Oct, 07

Johnny English *** (2003, Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia) – Classic Movie Review 1750

Rowan Atkinson plays dithering special agent Johnny English in this incredibly popular, idiotic James Bond spy spoof that has plenty of amateurish enthusiasm but little in the way of inspiration or big laughs. Based on […]

Oct, 07

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