Derek Winnert

Rushmore **** (1998, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Olivia Williams, Seymour Cassel) – Classic Movie Review 608

Unusually for a teen movie, writer-director Wes Anderson’s 1999 offering found the critics falling over themselves to praise this splendidly quirky comedy drama. It showcases a stunning performance by newcomer Jason Schwartzman (then 19) as Max […]

Jan, 02 · in Reviews

Delivery Man ** (2013, Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders) – Movie Review

Vince Vaughn is a good actor and funny man, with a deserved huge fan base. But he’s not ideal casting as a sensitive, affable, bumbling, slacker, middle-aged underachiever who’s in a tizzy when he finds out […]

Jan, 02 · in Reviews

Last Vegas *** (2013, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen) – Movie Review

Lifelong sixty-something buddies Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline head for Las Vegas to throw a bachelor party and celebrate their last remaining single pal Michael Douglas’s planned wedding to a much, much […]

Jan, 02

47 Ronin *** (2013, Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki) – Movie Review

Keanu Reeves stars as the noble mixed-race ronin Kai, who along with the Japanese hero Oishi, gathers together a band of samurai to avenge the death and dishonour of their master at the hands of a ruthless […]

Jan, 02

Death in Venice [Morte a Venezia] ***** (1971, Dirk Bogarde, Björn Andrésen, Silvana Mangano, Romolo Valli, Mark Burns, Marisa Berenson) – Classic Film Review 607

Dirk Bogarde’s tour-de-force as ageing composer Gustav von Aschenbach is the jewel in the crown of Luchino Visconti’s masterly 1971 film Death in Venice. Björn Andrésen attracted worldwide attention as Tadzio. Dirk Bogarde’s extraordinary tour-de-force […]

Jan, 02

Victim ***** (1961, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Peter McEnery, Dennis Price, John Barrie) – Classic Movie Review 606

Encouragingly, Victim (1961) was popular, and made a profit. Better still, it was influential in changing attitudes and the laws in Britain regarding homosexuality. In 1961 closeted gay actor Dirk Bogarde took a huge risk […]

Jan, 01

Peeping Tom **** (1960, Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley) – Classic Movie Review 605

Director Michael Powell’s 1960 colour British psychological horror-thriller shocker Peeping Tom is an eye-opening insider’s look at voyeurism and the mechanics of the film-making process, disguised as a lurid psychological thriller. This nightmarishly disturbing horror movie is […]

Dec, 31

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