Derek Winnert

Ocean’s 12 **** (2004, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, Julia Roberts, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac) – Classic Movie Review 697

George Clooney and Brad Pitt are the quintessence of cool here as crooks Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan in director Steven Soderbergh’s entertainingly slick and infectiously larky 2004 sequel to the 2001 hit Ocean’s Eleven. […]

Jan, 15 · in Reviews

Seven Years in Tibet *** (1997, Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B D Wong, Mako) – Classic Movie Review 696

Brad Pitt stars as real-life Austrian mountain climber Heinrich Harrer in director Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1997 film about Harrer’s adventures in Tibet during and after World War Two. Notably, he becomes friends with the Dalai Lama at the […]

Jan, 15 · in Reviews

The Legend of Bagger Vance *** (2000, Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce McGill) – Classic Movie Review 690

Director Robert Redford tees off in 2000 with a languorous golf movie, for heaven’s sake, casting Matt Damon as Rannulph Junuh, a clapped-out, disillusioned World War One war veteran who is reluctantly talked into to playing in […]

Jan, 15

Legends of the Fall **** (1994, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn, Henry Thomas, Julia Ormond) – Classic Movie Review 688

Director Edward Zwick’s 1994 moving, beautifully crafted, old-style romantic adventure epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the American 1900s wilderness details how their lives are affected by nature, history, war and love. […]

Jan, 15

The Football Factory **** (2004, Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Tamer Hassan, Dudley Sutton, Roland Manookian) – Classic Movie Review 687

It’s the FA Cup draw and it’s Chelsea versus Millwall: that’s good news for the footie louts and bad news for the good folk of London. You’ll need a strong stomach for director Nick Love’s […]

Jan, 14

Human Traffic **** (1999, John Simm, Justin Kerrigan, Danny Dyer) – Classic Movie Review 686

The 25-year-old Welshman Justin Kerrigan’s notable, eye-catching writer-director debut in 1999 looked like an industry calling card, but he didn’t make another movie till 2008’s I Know You Know. John Simm stars and gives a […]

Jan, 14

Goodbye Charlie Bright **** (2001, Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels, Danny Dyer, Jamie Foreman, Dani Behr) – Classic Movie Review 685

Goodbye Charlie Bright tells the story of a group of South London school friends begin drifting apart as they approach adulthood. It focuses on the relationship between two of them, Charlie Bright and Justin, over four hot days. This is […]

Jan, 14

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