Derek Winnert

The Kid ***** (1921, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan) – Classic Movie Review 1053

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s classic 1921 silent comedy is one of his masterpieces. It ominously starts by declaring itself ‘a comedy with a smile – and perhaps a tear’ but that needn’t put us off too […]

Apr, 05 · in Reviews

The Kid *** (2000, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin) – Classic Movie Review 1054

Walt Disney’s loveable, charming 2000 life-crisis comedy is safely based on a decent screenplay by Audrey Wells, a writer and director known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), George of the Jungle (1997) and Shall We Dance (2004). Bruce Willis […]

Apr, 05 · in Reviews

The Gold Rush ***** (1925, Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray) – Classic Movie Review 1052

Producer-writer-director-star Charles Chaplin’s classic 1925 silent comedy is one of his masterpieces. Chaplin said it was the film for which he most wanted to be remembered. It was the highest grossing silent comedy and the fifth […]

Apr, 05

The Guru (Jimi Mistry, Heather Graham) – Classic Film Review 1049

Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s 2002 comedy is a lot of good-natured, easy-going fun. There’s no mystery here! Jimi Mistry’s got a hit on his hands as Ramu Gupta, a young Indian dance teacher who […]

Apr, 04

Ice Age **** (2002, voices of Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano) – Classic Movie Review 1050

Once upon a time, dear children, long, long ago in the days of the big chill, Manfred (voice of Ray Romano), a woolly mammoth, and Sid (voice of John Leguizamo), a lazy sloth, are migrating […]

Apr, 04

West Side Story ***** (1961, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, George Chakiris, Rita Moreno) – Classic Film Review 1,051

A great night on stage is turned into a vibrant, dynamic experience in the cinema in the 10 Oscar-winning 1961 movie musical West Side Story. ‘Make of our hands one hand. Make of our hearts […]

Apr, 04

Pecker *** (1998, Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 1048

An amiable if rather obvious 1998 satirical comedy from writer-director John Waters, who tones down his trademark bad taste and doesn’t have quite enough big laughs or big charm to put in its place. Edward Furlong stars […]

Apr, 04

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