Derek Winnert

Panic Room **** (2002, Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yokam) – Classic Movie Review 591

Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart (just 12) star in 2002 as Meg and Sarah Altman, a young divorcée and her diabetic daughter who buy a gorgeous, huge, fancy New York apartment, a brownstone mansion that boasts a […]

Dec, 29 · in Reviews

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button **** (2008, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas) – Classic Movie Review 589

‘I was born under unusual circumstances.’ Weird and wonderful – or crashing bore? Director David Fincher’s 2008 movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is perhaps all three. Brad Pitt lands a dream role as […]

Dec, 28 · in Reviews

The Adjustment Bureau **** (2011, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Lisa Thoreson, Terence Stamp) – Classic Movie Review 588

Rising US politician David Norris (played by Matt Damon) has a career setback when the press leak an old college-prank scandal – but then he meets English ballet dancer Elise Sellas (Emily Blunt) and things […]

Dec, 28

The Twilight Saga: New Moon *** (2009, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick) – Classic Movie Review 587

New Moon, the 2009 Part Two in The Twilight Saga, focuses entirely on Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan, who is heartbroken when her vampire lover, Edward Cullen, leaves just after her 18th birthday. She finds solace […]

Dec, 28

The Social Network **** (2010, Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara, Joseph Mazzello, Josh Pence) – Classic Movie Review 586

Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield star as Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, the sickeningly far-too brainy Harvard duo who start up the social-networking website Facebook together but end up falling out and fighting each other […]

Dec, 28

The Town **** (2010, Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner) – Classic Movie Review 585

Ben Affleck makes a scalding job of directing this 2010 superb cops and bank robbers heist movie thriller, but it’s his stunning performance that really gives his movie class. He’s just so darned good as […]

Dec, 28

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs **** (2009, voices of Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, James Caan) – Classic Movie Review 584

Inspired by the beloved children’s picture-book by Judi and Ron Barrett, this extremely cute, sweet and loads of fun 2009 animated comedy focuses on the island community of Swallow Falls, where young inventor Flint Lockwood […]

Dec, 28

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