Derek Winnert

Breathless [À bout de souffle] ***** (1960, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg) – Classic Movie Review 1392

Director Jean-Luc Godard followed three short films with his first and still most celebrated 1960 full-length movie À bout de souffle [Breathless]. A dazzlingly realised homage to American B-movie thrillers, it was written while he was shooting […]

Jul, 04 · in Reviews

Babe ***** (1995, James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh) – Classic Movie Review 1391

It’s a real pig to make a successful film with universal appeal to adults and children alike, so this 1995 Aussie heart-warmer is as great a surprise as it is a delight. Now this is […]

Jul, 03 · in Reviews

Goddess *** (2013, Laura Michelle Kelly, Ronan Keating) – Movie Review

‘Welcome to my kitchen sink. This is where I stop and think. Where I am often on the brink – of madness!’ – Elspeth Dickens. Laura Michelle Kelly works her butt off as Aussie housewife Elspeth […]

Jul, 03

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared **** (2013, Robert Gustafsson) – Movie Review

Robert Gustafsson stars as the dynamite expert Allan Karlsson, who escapes through the window from his old folk’s home on his 100th birthday, just when they’re bringing his cake around, along with what turns out to […]

Jul, 03

Tammy * (2014, Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon) – Movie Review

Tammy stars Melissa McCarthy, and it’s directed by actor Ben Falcone, her husband since 2005. Enterprisingly, together the couple write their own screenplay, in which Tammy (McCarthy) crashes her car, is fired from her crappy burger joint waitress job […]

Jul, 03

Taxi 3 ** (2003, Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Marion Cotillard, Bernard Farcy, Bai Ling) – Classic Movie Review 1386

The entire star cast is back from Taxi 2 (2000) for writer/co-producer Luc Besson’s jolly and impressively silly 2003 second sequel, Taxi 3. It proves another daft, fast-paced, high-energy French all-action crime comedy adventure, with […]

Jul, 02

Taxi 2 *** (2000, Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Emma Wiklund, Bernard Farcy) – Classic Movie Review 1385

Director Gérard Krawczyk’s 2000 French action crime comedy sequel Taxi 2 stars Sami Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Emma Wiklund and Bernard Farcy, as taxi driver Daniel and police inspector Emilien return to […]

Jul, 02

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