Derek Winnert

Get Over It *** (2001, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Colin Hanks, Martin Short, Shane West, Zoe Saldana, Mila Kunis) – Classic Movie Review 615

After being cruelly dumped, popular high school basketball star teen Berke Landers (played by Ben Foster) embarks on a series of hilarious attempts to win his girlfriend Allison (Melissa Sagemiller) back. That includes swapping his basketball […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

Ella Enchanted *** (2004, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Minnie Driver, Patrick Bergin, Joanna Lumley, Lucy Punch, Jennifer Higham) – Classic Movie Review 614

In 2004 Tommy O’Haver, the director of teen romcom hit Get Over It (2001), goes for a cute new spin on an old fairy-tale theme, based on an award winning bestselling young people’s novel by Gail […]

Jan, 03 · in Reviews

Vanilla Sky *** (2001, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell) – Classic Movie Review 613

Tom Cruise’s fans are in for a bit of a shock. He’s disfigured and masked for much of this arty, romantic 2001 mystery movie that’s just as posh and smart but even duller than his […]

Jan, 02

Jerry Maguire **** (1996, Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr, Renée Zellweger, Jonathan Lipnicki, Kelly Preston, Jerry O’Connell, Jay Mohr, Bonnie Hunt, Regina King) – Classic Movie Review 612

Cameron Crowe hasn’t yet been able to top or even quite equal the enormous success of his 1996 triumph Jerry Maguire, though it is not for want of trying with classy items like Almost Famous, […]

Jan, 02

Elizabethtown **** (2005, Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Paul Schneider, Jessica Biel, Judy Greer) – Classic Movie Review 611

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 2005 film is another warm-hearted, deliciously quirky treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Orlando Bloom stars as a shoe designer called Drew Baylor, who decides to commit suicide after being responsible […]

Jan, 02

Almost Famous **** (2000, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand) – Classic Movie Review 610

Writer-director Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning 2000 film is a semi-autobiographical treat from the maker of Jerry Maguire. Patrick Fugit (aged 18) stars in his feature debut as William Miller,  a thrilled 15-year-old rock fan, who long […]

Jan, 02

The Royal Tenenbaums **** (2001, Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, Bill Murray, Seymour Cassel, Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover) – Classic Movie Review 609

Gene Hackman won a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical for his high-energy, funny turn as Royal Tenenbaum, the grand daddy of a very odd, dysfunctional family, in the 2001 film […]

Jan, 02

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