Derek Winnert

Armageddon *** (1998, Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 1098

In a plot very similar to the simultaneously made Deep Impact, oil-riggers Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and co are recruited to head for space to drill a hole and place a bomb to explode a […]

Apr, 15 · in Reviews

B Monkey (1998, Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett) – Classic Film Review 1097

In co-writer/director Michael Radford’s undeservedly little-seen 1998 oddity, Asia Argento brings just the right crazy allure to the part of Italian jewel thief Beatrice, or B Monkey, who sweeps dependable London teacher Alan Furnace (Jared […]

Apr, 15 · in Reviews

Best in Show *** (2000, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 1096

Co-writer/director Christopher Guest’s 2000 satirical comedy about dog-crazy folk taking their pets to a top pedigree show in Philadelphia is blunt and silly but still it has its funny moments. The subject’s a good one […]

Apr, 15

To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar ***½ (1995, Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Arliss Howard, Chris Penn, Jason London, Melinda Dilllon, Blythe Danner) – Classic Movie Review 1095

Director Beeban Kidron’s 1995 comedy stars Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo, who give convincing, touching performances and make surprisingly marvellous girls as three drag queens, Miss Vida Boheme, Miss Noxeema Jackson and Miss […]

Apr, 15

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997, Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow) – Classic Film Review 1094

Ideally paired Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are hilarious as Romy White and Michele Weinberger who tell porkies and land in heaps of difficulty at their 10-year high school reunion in director David Mirkin’s zesty, […]

Apr, 15

The Opposite of Sex *** (1998, Christina Ricci, Martin Donovan, Lisa Kudrow, Lyle Lovett, Johnny Galecki, William Lee Scott) – Classic Movie Review 1093

Writer-director Don Roos’s funny, bitchy, and sometimes witty 1998 black comedy deliberately skates on thin ice, and then falls in unintentionally. After the death of her hated stepfather, a 16-year-old Louisiana supervixen called Dede Truitt […]

Apr, 14

Grosse Pointe Blank **** (1997, John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Joan Cusack, Hank Azaria, Alan Arkin) – Classic Movie Review 1092

Director George Armitage’s amusingly quirky, very dark 1997 comedy drama Grosse Pointe Blank stars John Cusack, who gives an outstanding performance – one of his very best – as a man reluctant to attend his […]

Apr, 14

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