Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "fantasy sequence"

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Mala Noche **** (1986, Tim Streeter, Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge) – Classic Movie Review 9545

Writer-director Gus Van Sant’s hilarious 1986 fable of illicit love and muddled lifestyles Mala Noche stars Tim Strecter as gay shop clerk Walt Curtis, who falls head-over-heels for a teenaged illegal Mexican migrant worker, Johnny Alonzo […]

Mar, 22

Brad’s Status **** (2017, Ben Stiller, Austin Abrams, Jenna Fischer, Michael Sheen) – Movie Review

Excellent – thoughtful and amusing, with a tremendous, clever and witty screenplay, and Ben Stiller great. Writer-director Mike White’s charming 2017 comedy drama is absolutely excellent, with a role as an under-achieving middle-ager that fits […]

Jan, 09

The Boy Friend **** (1971, Twiggy, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Tommy Tune, Barbara Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 5446

Writer-director Ken Russell brings Sandy Wilson’s enchanting show spoofing Twenties stage musicals to the screen as a delightful 1971 British film homage to Thirties Hollywood musicals, particularly those of Busby Berkeley. Twiggy captivates in her […]

May, 14

Pal Joey ***½ (1957, Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak) – Classic Movie Review 1168

Director George Sidney’s 1957 film musical is a good but annoyingly far from ideal version of the legendary Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart 1940 Broadway show. Frank Sinatra takes over Gene Kelly’s stage role as the womanising […]

May, 02

Divergent **½ (2014, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jai Courtney) – Movie Review

Shailene Woodley stars as Tris who learns she’s Divergent and won’t fit in to any one group in a futuristic Chicago. It’s 110 years after a war, and society is divided into five factions that represent a […]

Apr, 04

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