Derek Winnert

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Breaking the Waves ***** (1996, Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård) – Classic Movie Review 1703

  Danish co-writer/director Lars Von Trier’s 1996 movie is maybe still this most important of film-maker’s finest. And it’s Islington-born actress Emily Watson’s too, in her very first film, aged 29. She was Oscar nominated […]

Sep, 22

Heavenly Creatures **** (1994, Kate Winslet, Melanie Lynskey) – Classic Movie Review 1701

  Co-writer/director Peter Jackson’s 1994 thriller stars the 18-year-old Kate Winslet, who gets her first big break and makes her startling and auspicious big-screen debut in this deservedly acclaimed real-life murder drama. It’s also fascinating […]

Sep, 21

Kate and Leopold *** (2002, Hugh Jackman, Meg Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 1686

Co-writer/director James Mangold’s 2002 romantic comedy pairs Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan, poignantly he on the way up, and she on the way down. The 19th-century nobleman Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman) is […]

Sep, 19

Sex Tape ** (2014, Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Lowe) – Movie Review

‘Who has sex for three hours? That’s the length of the movie Lincoln. You did the full Lincoln.’ Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel are well paired as married couple Annie and Jay, whose initially frantic love […]

Sep, 04

The Last Seduction **** (1994, Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Peter Berg) – Classic Movie Review 1616

Director John Dahl’s mesmerising, ultra-stylish 1994 retro neo-film noir thriller is the third part of his marvellous trilogy following his critically acclaimed successes with Kill Me Again (1989) and Red Rock West (1993). Writer Steve Barancik’s screenplay […]

Sep, 01

The Brothers McMullen *** (1995, Edward Burns, Mike McGlone, Jack Mulcahy, Maxine Bahns) – Classic Movie Review 1609

Producer-writer-director Edward Burns’s 1995 indie hit focuses on three Catholic Irish-American brothers (played by Burns, Mike McGlone and Jack Mulcahy) from Long Island. They are having women problems, with love, marriage and infidelity, and are having […]

Aug, 30

She’s the One *** (1996, Edward Burns, Mike McGlone, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, John Mahoney) – Classic Movie Review 1608

‘A film about love, marriage, happiness…and the little distractions in between.’ Sounds frightful, doesn’t it? But don’t let the poster put you off. Writer-director Edward Burns, maker of the 1995 indie hit The Brothers McMullen, […]

Aug, 30

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