Derek Winnert

The In-Laws *** (2003, Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks) – Classic Movie Review 1321

Talented players Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks spark director Andrew Fleming’s fun, offbeat 2003 comedy remake of the cult 1979 Peter Falk-Alan Arkin movie. It’s slickly made by Fleming, with scenes shot on location in Chicago. […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

A Perfect Plan ** (2012, Diane Kruger, Dany Boon) – Movie Review

Director Pascal Chaumeil’s broad but pleasant French romcom can at least boast a fresh and interesting premise. An entire family is apparently cursed for ever that all its members find their first marriages end in divorce. Diane Kruger plays […]

Jun, 13 · in Reviews

Along Came Polly *** (2004, Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria, Bryan Brown) – Classic Movie Review 1320

Writer-director John Hamburg’s amiable enough 2004 romantic comedy has a super-good cast to get over its bumps and make it work. Risk assessor Reuben Feffer (Ben Stiller) dumps his new wife Lisa (Debra Messing) after […]

Jun, 13

Traffic **** (2000, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones, Benicio Del Toro) – Classic Movie Review 710

Director Steven Soderbergh’s scalding, four-Oscar-winning 2000 thriller casts Michael Douglas and his then new wife Catherine Zeta Jones together for the first time (though, alas, they share no scenes). This nail-biting, epic thriller is great, intelligent […]

Jun, 13

Trafic [Traffic] ***** (1971, Jacques Tati, Marcel Fraval, Honoré Bostel) – Classic Movie Review 1,319

Jacques Tati’s endearing 1971 French comedy masterpiece Trafic [Traffic] finds him once again in the familiar guise of his famous amiably bumbling character of Monsieur Hulot. Co-writer/director/star Jacques Tati’s endearing 1971 French comedy masterpiece Trafic […]

Jun, 13

Fellini’s Roma **** (1972, dir Federico Fellini) – Classic Movie Review 1318

Rome wasn’t built in a day – for Fellini’s Roma it took forever to recreate a huge section of it in Cinecittà’s studios in Rome. But it was worth it. Roma looks a brilliant treat. Writer-director […]

Jun, 13

Felicia’s Journey ** (1999, Bob Hoskins) – Classic Movie Review 1317

Director Atom Egoyan’s 1999 psycho-thriller tells the rather depressing and sordid little tale of a lonely middle-aged catering manager named Joe Hilditch (Bob Hoskins), who picks up and befriends an Irish teenage girl called Felicia (Elaine […]

Jun, 13

@wpshower

Feeds

Susbscribe to our awesome Blog Feed or Comments Feed