Derek Winnert

Mean Creek **** (2004, Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz) – Classic Movie Review 966

Writer-director Jacob Aaron Estes’s 2004 well-crafted revenge thriller is taut, tense, creepy and a little bit scary. In Stephen King Stand By Me mode, it’s an unsettling little thought provoker as well as fear ride. Rory […]

Mar, 22 · in Reviews

The Recruit *** (2003, Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht) – Classic Movie Review 961

‘Rule number one: do not get caught.’ – Walter Burke (Al Pacino). Director Roger Donaldson’s diverting 2003 thriller stars Al Pacino, who enjoys himself hugely in another role that he could play standing on his head, […]

Mar, 22 · in Reviews

Eurotrip *** (2004, Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Michelle Trachtenberg, Travis Wester) – Classic Film Review 960

Co-writer/director Jeff Schaffer’s 2004 raunchy teen comedy is a bumpy ride, but it’s a mostly amusing, bad-taste college farce about nice but dim Ohio high school student Scott Thomas (Scott Mechlowicz) and his buddies (Jacob Pitts, […]

Mar, 22

The Cider House Rules **** (1999, Tobey Maguire, Michael Caine, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Jane Alexander, Kathy Bates) – Classic Movie Review 964

Director Lasse Hallström’s 1999 romantic drama provided a hit and personal triumph for Michael Caine, who relishes his Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winning role here as Dr Wilbur Larch in this tastefully careful adaptation of the […]

Mar, 22

A Chump at Oxford **** (1940, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Peter Cushing) – Classic Movie Review 965

Director Alfred J Goulding’s 1940 movie A Chump at Oxford is a thoroughly likeable, appealing and enjoyable vintage comedy from movie greats Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, even if it is arguably maybe a mere fraction less […]

Mar, 22

Killing Zoë **** (1993, Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Gary Kemp) – Classic Movie Review 959

First time writer-director Roger Avary’s scalding 1993 thriller stars Eric Stoltz as Zed, who arrives in Paris, sleeps with a call girl Zoe (Julie Delpy) and spends a night on the town with some dangerous new buddies […]

Mar, 22

Road Trip *** (2000, Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, D J Qualls, Paolo Costanzo) – Classic Movie Review 958

Co-writer/director Todd Phillips’s 2000 comedy is a hoot from the man who went on to make Old School and The Hangover, which are much in the same vein. Breckin Meyer stars as New York student […]

Mar, 22

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