Derek Winnert

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas ***** (1993, voices Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara) – Classic Movie Review 521

Director Henry Selick’s 1993 ‘stop-motion’ animation feature film Tim Burton’s The Nightmare before Christmas, produced by Tim Burton and based on a story and designs by him, is a beautifully realised, uniquely entertaining comic fantasy. […]

Dec, 14 · in Reviews

Jack Frost *** (1998, Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross) – Classic Movie Review 520

Michael Keaton stars as blues singer Jack Frost who is killed in a car crash but, one year later, is reincarnated as a speaking snowman. He now has one last chance to be a better dad […]

Dec, 14 · in Reviews

The Santa Clause **** (1994, Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson) – Classic Movie Review 519

Tim Allen is on top funny form as divorcee Scott Calvin, the father who accidentally kills the real Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and has to take over as Santa, in Disney’s delightful 1994 Christmas […]

Dec, 14

Santa Claus: The Movie *** (1985, Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith, Judy Cornwell, Jeffrey Kramer, Melvyn Hayes, Don Estelle) – Classic Movie Review 518

Dudley Moore gives an appealing turn as the head elf Patch, the sidekick to Santa Claus (David Huddleston), in the charming 1985 family favourite film Santa Claus: The Movie. The genial and lavish seasonal fantasy […]

Dec, 14

My Big Fat Greek Wedding **** (2002, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett) – Classic Movie Review 517

The big fat Greek family of Chicago 30something Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is scandalised when she wants to wed the non-Greek hunk Ian Miller (John Corbett from TV’s Sex and the City) in director Joel […]

Dec, 13

Connie and Carla **** (2004, Nia Vardalos, Toni Collette, David Duchovny) – Classic Movie Review 516

Club singer showgirls Connie (Nia Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) accidentally witness a Mafia hit in Chicago and have to go on the run from their boss’s killer. So they hide out as drag queens – […]

Dec, 13

The Missing Picture – Film Review

Writer-director Rithy Panh uses clay figures, archival footage and his narration to recreate the atrocities Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge committed between 1975 and 1979. It’s incredible to be able to do so much with so little […]

Dec, 13

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