Derek Winnert

Two Days, One Night ***** (2014, Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione) – Movie Review

Somehow, the glamorous and attractive Marion Cotillard submerges her own persona totally and makes herself effortlessly convincingly ordinary and even almost frumpy as Sandra, a mentally fragile youngish Paris suburban woman who has the weekend to convince her […]

Aug, 20 · in Reviews

Lucy **** (2014, Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi) – Movie Review

Game for anything, Scarlett Johansson is perfect as Lucy, an American in Taiwan whose new lover tricks her into delivering a mysterious briefcase to the terrifying gang boss Mr Jang (Min-sik Choi), who seizes her […]

Aug, 20 · in Reviews

Sin City A Dame to Kill For **** (2014, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Eva Green) – Movie Review

Taking hard boiled to the max, the amazing Sin City A Dame to Die For is extremely nasty but very nice. Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller reunite from the 2005 original to bring Miller’s […]

Aug, 20

Fathers’ Day ** (Robin Williams, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1571

Robin Williams and Billy Crystal star together for the first time in director Ivan Reitman’s wobbly, forgettable 1997 comedy based on a French movie – Les Compères by Francis Veber – that is amusing and enjoyable […]

Aug, 20

Being Human ** (1994, Robin Williams, John Turturro, Kelly Hunter) – Classic Movie Review 1570

With the best will in the world, writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1994 offbeat epic fantasy comedy drama just can’t be judged an unqualified success, though it’s a highly ambitious and intelligent project. Robin Williams teams with the Scottish director […]

Aug, 19

The Whole Nine Yards *** (2000, Matthew Perry, Bruce Willis, Rosanna Arquette) – Classic Movie Review 1,569

Matthew Perry is rewarded with the best possible star supporting player in Bruce Willis, in the often very funny 2000 crime comedy film The Whole Nine Yards, a weird screwball farce with a high body […]

Aug, 19

48 Hrs. ***** (1982, Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O’Toole) – Classic Movie Review 1,568

Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy are on blistering form in director Walter Hill’s thrilling 1982 blockbuster 48 Hrs., one of the all-time great buddy-buddy action movies. Nolte plays Jack Cates, a middle-aged hard-nosed cop, and […]

Aug, 18

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