Derek Winnert

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Beautiful Boy ** (2018, Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet, Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan) – Movie Review

Steve Carell stars as real-life troubled dad David Sheff and Timothée Chalamet co-stars as his drug and booze addicted son Nic Sheff in Belgian co-writer/ director Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, a drama of an […]

Oct, 13

Tequila Sunrise **** (1988, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, J T Walsh, Arliss Howard, Ayre Gross) – Classic Movie Review 7650

The intelligent and gripping 1988 romantic crime thriller Tequila Sunrise is written and directed by Robert Towne (who scripted Chinatown). It boasts a good Eighties cast, with three glossy and appealing stars: Mel Gibson as […]

Oct, 09

Fatal Beauty ** (1987, Whoopi Goldberg, Sam Elliott, Rubén Blades) – Classic Movie Review 7616

Whoopi Goldberg stars as unconventional Beverly Hills cop Rita Rizzoli, who goes undercover to break a drugs ring and keep cocaine off the streets, in director Tom Holland’s efficiently made, violent 1987 formula comedy thriller […]

Sep, 23

Climax * (2018, Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souheila Yacoub, Kiddy Smile) – Movie Review

Brio film-making but way too strong and scary for me. Writer-director Gaspar Noé’s dynamic but hellish 2018 musical horror drama Climax is controversial brio film-making, perhaps admirable in its way, but way too strong and […]

Sep, 22

Revenge **** (2017, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe) – Movie Review

Coralie Fargeat’s full-on feminist French thriller Revenge (2017) is stonkingly intense, exciting and brilliantly shot (by Robrecht Heyvaert), with an interesting, playfully post-modern take on the war between men and women. There is more flesh […]

May, 20

The Big Shakedown *** (1934, Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins) – Classic Movie Review 6901

Director John Francis Dillon’s 1934 crime drama stars Bette Davis as platinum blonde Norma Frank, a pharmacy clerk who wants to shake off her pharmacist husband Jimmy (Charles Farrell) when he is duped into joining […]

Apr, 08

Novocaine *** (2001, Steve Martin, Helena Bonham Carter, Laura Dern) – Classic Movie Review 6763

Steve Martin stars as Frank, a shy dentist who is bowled over by the attentions of his sexy patient Susan (Helena Bonham Carter), who proves to be this offbeat comedy crime drama movie’s femme fatale, who seduces […]

Mar, 04

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