Derek Winnert

The Double ** (2013, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, James Fox, Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine, Wallace Shawn, Cathy Moriarty, Chris O’Dowd, Rade Serbedzija, Noah Taylor) – Film Review

Jesse Eisenberg stars as timid Simon, a likeable loser enduring an isolated existence in an indifferent world. Simple Simon is an office drone totally overlooked at work, scorned by his mother and ignored by the young woman of […]

Apr, 04 · in Reviews

Divergent **½ (2014, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney) – Movie Review

Shailene Woodley stars as Tris who learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in to any one group in a futuristic Chicago. It’s 110 years after a war, and society is divided into five factions that represent a […]

Apr, 04 · in Reviews

Rio 2 ** (2014, voices Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Jamie Foxx, Andy Garcia, Leslie Mann, Rita Moreno) – Movie Review

They should have called it Rio 2: The Amazon, as the film-makers have obviously not been able to find a new story to tell that’s set in Rio de Janeiro for the sequel to Rio, […]

Apr, 04

Ghost World **** (2001, Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr) – Classic Movie Review 1047

Co-writer/director Terry Zwigoff’s 2001 movie stars Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson as two weird American teenagers Enid and Rebecca, who scoff at the world of losers, Satanists and freaks they see around them, providing them […]

Apr, 04

Bicycle Thieves [Ladri di Biciclette] ***** (1948, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell) – Classic Movie Review 1,046

Enzo Staiola was plucked off the street while watching the filming in Rome at the age of eight to star in Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 Italian neorealist masterpiece film Bicycle Thieves. Director Vittorio De Sica’s […]

Apr, 04

The Bible… In the Beginning [La bibbia] ** (1966, Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, George C Scott, Ava Gardner, Stephen Boyd, Peter O’Toole, John Huston, Franco Nero) – Classic Movie Review 1045

Director John Huston’s worthy but miscalculated 1966 Old Testament epic boasts a spectacular production and beautiful widescreen images, courtesy ace cinematographer Giuseppe Rotunno. But, alas, it is dragged down by an uninspiring screenplay (even though playwright […]

Apr, 04

Noah ** (2014, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, Logan Lerman, Douglas Booth) – Movie Review

In the Beginning, back in 1966, there was a much derided movie called The Bible… In the Beginning, directed by the great John Huston, and starring himself as old Noah A contemporary review said: ‘A bad […]

Apr, 03

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