Derek Winnert

Something’s Gotta Give **** (2003, Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Frances McDormand, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau) – Classic Movie Review 879

Diane Keaton gained her fourth Oscar nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for Something’s Gotta Give (2003). Writer-director Nancy Meyers’s 2003 comedy stars Jack Nicholson as the […]

Mar, 09 · in Reviews

Runaway Bride *** (1999, Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Rita Wilson, Paul Dooley) – Classic Movie Review 878

‘A girl can’t get married in flannel!’ – Maggie Carpenter. The stars of the 1990 hit Pretty Woman are reunited for this equally quirky but less enjoyable romantic comedy. A decade on in 1999, this […]

Mar, 09 · in Reviews

The Truth about Cats and Dogs ***½ (1995, Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, Ben Chaplin) – Classic Movie Review 882

Director Michael Lehmann’s sweet 1995 romantic comedy shows that the course of true love won’t run smooth after successful but plain radio chat show host vet Dr Abby Barnes (played by Janeane Garafalo) gets her lovely […]

Mar, 09

Dolores Claiborne **** (1995, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judy Parfitt, David Strathairn, Eric Bogosian, John C Reilly) – Classic Movie Review 886

Director Taylor Hackford employs the admirable Kathy Bates for another ace Stephen King adaptation, after her Oscar-winning performance in Misery (1990). Bates kicks this 1995 movie into top gear as Dolores Claiborne, a Maine matron […]

Mar, 09

The Three Musketeers **** (1921, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Nigel De Brulier, Marguerite De La Motte) – Classic Movie Review 881

Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1921 silent movie of the Alexandre Dumas Sr adventure classic is deservedly renowned and celebrated. Director Fred Niblo’s marvellous, meticulous production is colourful, exuberant and appealing, with an ideally cast Fairbanks Sr […]

Mar, 08

While You Were Sleeping **** (1995, Sandra Bullock, Bill Pullman, Peter Gallagher) – Classic Movie Review 880

Director Jon Turteltaub’s 1996 romance stars Sandra Bullock as a pert, feisty train-ticket collector who rescues hunky commuter Peter Gallagher from being crushed by a train in the subway, then pretends she’s his fiancée and […]

Mar, 07

You’ve Got Mail **** (1998, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton) – Classic Movie Review 883

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan re-team with director Nora Ephron for a bid to top Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with a modernised remake of the James Stewart-Margaret Sullavan classic The Shop around the Corner (1940). […]

Mar, 07

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