Derek Winnert

Matthias et Maxime [Matthias & Maxime] **** (2019, Xavier Dolan, Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas, Harris Dickinson, Anne Dorval) – Movie Review

Gabriel D’Almeida Freitas and Xavier Dolan star as Matthias & Maxime, which finds writer-director Xavier Dolan in romantic mode, edgy, unconventional romantic mode perhaps, but definitely romantic mode. The French-Canadian film, mostly in French focuses […]

Oct, 02 · in Reviews

The Laundromat *** (2019, Meryl Streep, Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas, Sharon Stone)

Director Steven Soderbergh’s 2019 real-life drama The Laundromat stars Meryl Streep as Ellen Martin, whose husband (James Cromwell) is killed along with 20 others in a vacation boat accident. This prompts her to begin investigating […]

Oct, 02 · in Reviews

Lucky Lady * (1975, Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, John Hillerman)

Director Stanley Donen’s 1975 musical comedy crime drama Lucky Lady is unlucky for everybody. It is a glossy, vastly costly but rather aimless and (at the box-office of the day) total flop romp about 1930s Prohibition […]

Oct, 02

Honky Tonk Freeway *** (1981, William Devane, Beau Bridges, Beverly D’Angelo, Teri Garr, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Howard Hesseman, Geraldine Page, George Dzundza, Joe Grifasi) – Classic Movie Review 8958

Director John Schlesinger’s nice and unruly 1981 film Honky Tonk Freeway is a zany, brash, attractive and cheerful ensemble comedy made in America by the British company EMI Films about the small town of Ticlaw […]

Oct, 01

Can’t Stop the Music ** (1980, Valerie Perrine, Steve Guttenberg, The Village People) – Classic Movie Review 8957

Can’t Stop the Music prompted John Wilson to create the Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards in 1980. It took the first Razzie award for Worst Picture, and also took Worst Screenplay. The late Seventies gay stereotypes […]

Oct, 01

Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? *** (1983, Karen Black, Michael Emil, Michael Margotta, Frances Fisher) – Classic Movie Review 8956

Writer-director Henry Jaglom’s tasty 1983 comedy romance Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? is a whimsically amusing, talky, plotless film from the admired film-maker, with starring Karen Black as edgy Zee, taking up with hypochondriac divorcee […]

Oct, 01

Honeymoon in Vegas *** (1992, James Caan, Nicolas Cage, Sarah Jessica Parker) – Classic Movie Review 8,955

Viva the Flying Elvises, Viva Las Vegas, Viva the 1992 American romantic comedy film Honeymoon in Vegas. Writer-director Andrew Bergman’s 1992 romance comedy thriller Honeymoon in Vegas stars Nicolas Cage as New York investigator Jack Singer, who promises […]

Sep, 30

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