Derek Winnert

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The Colony [Colonia] *** (2015, Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist) – Movie Review

Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl are excellent in co-writer/director Florian Gallenberger’s intense and gruelling real-life story of triumph and survival against all the odds, shedding important light on appalling atrocities in Chile at the time of the military […]

Jul, 09

Point Break ** (2015, Edgar Ramirez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone, Delroy Lindo, Teresa Palmer) – Movie Review

‘Everyone needs stories,’ says Luke Bracey. ‘Everyone needs to escape every once in a while.’ Well, yes, but is this the story that everyone needs? Everyone seemed to like it the first time Point Break (1991) when […]

Feb, 10

Our Brand Is Crisis **** (2015, Sandra Bullock, Billy Bob Thornton, Anthony Mackie, Reynaldo Pacheco) – Movie Review

Producer Sandra Bullock casts herself excitingly as an unstoppable political spin doctor in director David Gordon Green’s totally gripping and engrossing real-life story set in Bolivia in 2002. Bullock plays battle-hardened American political consultant Jane who […]

Jan, 20

Victor Frankenstein *** (2015, Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay) – Movie Review

Daniel Radcliffe is Igor and James McAvoy plays Victor Frankenstein in director Paul McGuigan’s enjoyable reworking of the familiar Frankenstein story that provides a bit of a new spin but doesn’t stray too far from […]

Dec, 01

Steve Jobs **** (2015, Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Michael Stuhlbarg) – Movie Review

Danny Boyle‘s 2015 movie casts Michael Fassbender as the architect of the digital revolution, Steve Jobs, the late CEO of Apple inc. Let’s be clear, this isn’t a biopic of Jobs. Instead it paints a […]

Nov, 11

Hot Tub Time Machine 2 * (2015, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase, Christian Slater) – Movie Review

A Hot Tub Time Machine sequel? Really? Nick and Jacob (Craig Robinson, Clark Duke) fire up the hot tub time machine to get back to the past when Lou (Rob Corddry) is in trouble but […]

Apr, 07

Seventh Son **½ (2014, Ben Barnes, Julianne Moore, Jeff Bridges) – Movie Review

Ben Barnes heads the cast as young Tom Ward, who is apprenticed to the local Spook, old but still fighting fit Master Gregory (Jeff Bridges), to learn to fight evil spirits. Old Greg has sought […]

Mar, 26

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