Derek Winnert

Intolerable Cruelty *** (2003, George Clooney, Catherine Zeta-Jones) – Classic Movie Review 1239

Gorgeous George Clooney is the making of the Coen Brothers’ entertaining 2003 old-style Hollywood romantic comedy, but with a deliciously dark, cynical edge. The Coen Brothers dark and cynical? That’s a weird one! Clooney plays […]

May, 22 · in Reviews

Postman Pat: The Movie *** (2014, Stephen Mangan) – Movie Review

Stephen Mangan provides the voice of English village Postman Pat, who enters a TV talent show competition to win a holiday to Italy for his wife and kid, in this colourful and amusing transfer of the […]

May, 22 · in Reviews,Uncategorized

Blended ** (2014, Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore) – Movie Review

Widowed Adam Sandler and separated Drew Barrymore hate each other on a bad blind date in Hooters, but agree on one thing – they never want to see each other again. Yet somehow they find themselves […]

May, 21

Destry Rides Again ***** (1939, James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Mischa Auer, Una Merkel, Brian Donlevy, Charles Winninger) – Classic Movie Review 1238

George Marshall’s classic 1939 black and white movie Destry Rides Again will always be regarded as the definitive version of the famous Max Brand story. Yet ironically it bears no relation to Brand’s popular novel […]

May, 21

Carlito’s Way ***** (1993, Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Pasdar, Ingrid Rogers, Luis Guzman, James Rebhorn) – Classic Movie Review 1237

Director Brian De Palma’s 1993 movie Carlito’s Way is a masterly mob thriller, a worthy successor to his own Scarface and The Untouchables, with some of his greatest set pieces. His Scarface star Al Pacino gives […]

May, 21

Fading Gigolo **** (2013, John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone) – Movie Review

John Turturro and Woody Allen provide a perfect partnership as New York odd couple Fioravante and his friend Murray Swartz in a consistently funny comedy written and directed by Turturro. Murray’s family rare book business is […]

May, 21

The Untouchables ***** (1987, Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Bradford, Billy Drago) – Classic Movie Review 1236

Written by David Mamet, director Brian De Palma’s 1987 untouchable gangster movie outing The Untouchables is set in a beautifully realised 1930s Chicago. It showcases a feast of acting from Kevin Costner as real-life government […]

May, 21

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