Derek Winnert

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Sweet Home Alabama *** (2002, Reese Witherspoon, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Lucas, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place, Fred Ward, Jean Smart, Ethan Embry, Melanie Lynskey) – Classic Movie Review 768

Director Andy Tennant’s 2002 romcom stars Reese Witherspoon as Melanie Smooter, a pert and cute hick from the sticks who makes it big in the Big Apple fashion biz, and is soon talked into marriage […]

Jan, 29

Walk the Line **** (2005, Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin) – Classic Movie Review 712

Following the trail blazed by Ray (2004), director James Mangold’s entertaining, informative and involving 2005 biopic of troubled country music legend Johnny Cash boasts an ace impersonation and a great performance by Oscar-nominated Best Actor […]

Jan, 18

Mr & Mrs Smith [Mr and Mrs Smith] **** (2005, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn, Adam Brody) – Classic Movie Review 711

The 2005 blockbuster Mr & Mrs Smith stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a husband and wife who are both secret agents, hired by competing agencies to kill each other.  This largely unrelated film […]

Jan, 18

I Know Where I’m Going! **** (1945, Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney) – Classic Movie Review 618

Writer-producer-director Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s typically idiosyncratic 1945 romantic comedy is simply enchanting. The film boasts irresistible acting from the great cast of some of Britain’s most reliable performers of the day, a lovely screenplay with […]

Jan, 03

Mr & Mrs Smith ***½ (1941, Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond) – Classic Movie Review 572

Alfred Hitchcock’s single effort at making one of the screwball marital comedy movies that were so in vogue at the time, Mr & Mrs Smith (1941), was made as a personal favour to his friend […]

Dec, 24

The Paradine Case **** (1947, Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Alida Valli, Louis Jourdan, Charles Coburn, Ethel Barrymore) – Classic Movie Review 442

Based on the 1933 novel by Robert Smythe Hichens, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1947 American film The Paradine Case is a twisty, talky and stagey but oddly compelling courtroom thriller, with an excellent cast of stars in […]

Nov, 23

Hobson’s Choice ***** (1954, Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda de Banzie, Prunella Scales) – Classic Film Review 342

Charles Laughton’s larger-than-life performance as 19th-century shop owner Henry Hobson in the 1954 comedy film Hobson’s Choice is a career peak for this admired actor. It also features Prunella Scales in one of her first […]

Oct, 30

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