Derek Winnert

The Personal History of David Copperfield ** (2019, Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton, Peter Capaldi, Ben Whishaw) – Movie Review

Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie run away with the acting honours in co-writer / director Armando Iannucci’s misguided reimagining of the Charles Dickens classic novel as a raucous romp, with Dev Patel working hard, earnestly […]

Feb, 20 · in Reviews

Forever Young ** (1992, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood) – Classic Movie Review 9405

Director Steve Miner’s 1992 sci-fi romantic drama Forever Young stars Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Elijah Wood, and is written by Jeffrey Abrams, now better known as J J Abrams. Gibson stars as test […]

Feb, 20 · in Reviews

Seed of Chucky * (2004, Jennifer Tilly, voice of Brad Dourif, John Waters, Jason Flemyng) – Classic Movie Review 9404

Writer-director Don Mancini’s 2004 black comedy fantasy horror movie Seed of Chucky is the enterprising fifth movie about the evil serial killer doll, following Child’s Play (1988), Child’s Play 2 (1990), Child’s Play 3 (1991) […]

Feb, 20

Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear] ** (1994, Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, Sally Kellerman) – Classic Movie Review 9403

Robert Altman follows his masterworks The Player and Short Cuts with a much lesser movie in the same style, the 1994 satirical comedy-drama  Prêt-à-Porter [Ready to Wear], as models, designers and journalists gather for Paris Fashion […]

Feb, 19

Fool for Love ** (1985, Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger, Harry Dean Stanton, Randy Quaid) – Classic Movie Review 9402

Director Robert Altman’s 1985 drama Fool for Love is a rather tedious and disappointing film version of a riveting Sam Shepard stage play, which seems ideally cast with the author himself as the cowpoke Eddie, […]

Feb, 19

America America **** (1963 Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam) – Classic Movie Review 9401

Elia Kazan was Oscar-nominated as writer, producer (Best Picture) and director for this uplifting, if seemingly endless chunk of his own family biography about a young Anatolian Greek, living in the oppressions of Turkey more […]

Feb, 19

Emma. *** (2020, Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Mia Goth, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Tanya Reynolds) – Movie Review 

Director Autumn de Wilde’s period romantic comedy drama Emma. is based on the beloved classic novel by Jane Austen. The ultra-stylish novel has everything: wit, wisdom, great characters, great dialogue, great plotting, true romance, witty […]

Feb, 18

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