Derek Winnert

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Focus **½ (2015, Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Rodrigo Santoro, Gerald McRaney) – Movie Review

Will Smith and Margot Robbie star together as veteran con man Nicky and Jess, the amateur con artist he takes under his wing and into his crime outfit. Though Smith is 46 and Robbie (who made such […]

Feb, 25

Dear God *** (1996, Greg Kinnear, Laurie Metcalf, Maria Pitillo, Hector Elizondo) – Classic Movie Review 2000

It is hard to dislike director Garry Marshall’s 1996 feel-good comedy, in which Greg Kinnear stars as conman Tom Turner, who gets a job in the dead-letter department of the US Post Office, and decides […]

Dec, 24

My Little Chickadee **** (1940, Mae West, W C Fields, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 1266

Director Edward F Cline’s attractive and appealing 1940 comedy My Little Chickadee provides the one and only screen teaming of all-time great comedy favourites Mae West and W C Fields and it is treasurable just […]

May, 31

The Sting ***** (1973, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw) – Classic Movie Review 790

Director George Roy Hill’s 1973 gem showcases 70s superstars Paul Newman and Robert Redford at their most charismatic in this delicious caper movie set in Thirties Chicago. It is a worthy follow-up to their first hit […]

Feb, 02

American Hustle *** (2013, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence) – Film Review

In his follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell’s fictional con caper movie (‘Some of this actually happened’) is set in the shady world of corruption, sting and scandal in 70s America and tells […]

Dec, 18

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