Derek Winnert

Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man [La tragedia di un uomo ridicolo] **** (1981, Ugo Tognazzi, Anouk Aimée, Laura Morante) – Classic Movie Review 9406

There is a fine mix of the personal and the political in writer-director Bernardo Bertolucci’s distinguished, carefully studied inquiry into the use of terror by and against the state, and sharply relevant comment on the […]

Feb, 21 · in Reviews

Just Mercy **** (2019, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Brie Larson) – Movie Review

Michael B Jordan and Jamie Foxx, form a strong partnership as Harvard-educated pro bono civil rights defence attorney Bryan Stevenson and Walter McMillian, a wrongly condemned Alabama death row prisoner he works tirelessly for years […]

Feb, 20 · in Reviews

Richard Jewell ***** (2019, Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde) – Movie Review

The dramatic true tale Richard Jewell (2019) is a lovely film, showing Clint Eastwood at his best as producer-director. Ironically, though Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, […]

Feb, 20

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

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

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

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