Derek Winnert

Hollow *** (2011, Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman) – Movie Review

Hollow is a surprisingly satisfactory British horror film, with debut director Michael Axelgaard managing a slightly fresh take on the tired old Blair Witch found footage idea. Screenwriter Matthew Holt’s story concerns the site of an […]

Jun, 02 · in Reviews

The Host ** (2013, Saoirse Ronan, Diane Kruger, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Frances Fisher, William Hurt, Emily Browning) – Movie Review

Panned by critics and weak at the box office, The Host has a host of problems that start with the ponderous, poorly written screenplay and flat direction of Andrew Niccol, struggling to adapt Stephenie (Twilight) […]

Jun, 02 · in Reviews

My Favorite Wife **** (1940, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1,279

Director Garson Kanin’s 1940 screwball comedy film My Favorite Wife brings the absolutely splendid teaming of Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, who are on top form as a married couple who find themselves in an […]

Jun, 01

My Favorite Spy *** (1951, Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr) – Classic Movie Review 1278

Director Norman Z McLeod’s 1951 comedy thriller stars Bob Hope in his third and final My Favorite… adventure. It is still very enjoyable thanks to a fizzy screenplay, snappy direction and above all the tirelessly […]

Jun, 01

My Favourite Brunette **** (1947, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 1277

In director Elliott Nugent’s 1947 hit comedy, Bob Hope’s Favorite Brunette is of course his Road series companion Dorothy Lamour.  Filmed partly on location in San Francisco and Pebble Beach, California, the movie’s both a […]

Jun, 01

My Favorite Blonde **** (1942, Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco) – Classic Movie Review 1,276

Bob Hope is at his hilarious peak as a vaudeville performer who gets mixed up with British and German secret agents in the fast and funny 1942 comedy film My Favorite Blonde. Madeleine Carroll is […]

Jun, 01

Big Fat Liar *** (2002, Frankie Muniz, Paul Giamatti, Amanda Bynes) – Classic Movie Review 1275

Frankie Muniz, so good in TV’s Malcolm in the Middle (2000-2006), is enjoyable here in director Shawn Levy’s amiable 2002 American teen comedy Big Fat Liar as a 14-year-old pathological liar and con artist named Jason […]

Jun, 01

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