Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Robin Wright"

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Everest **½ (2015, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Robin Wright) – Movie Review

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (The Deep, Two Guns) tells the old, old tale of man going up against mountain and coming up against a huge obstacle. But what is the story? His 1996 real-life scenario (in a […]

Sep, 17

Message in a Bottle *** (1999, Kevin Costner, Robin Wright, Paul Newman) – Classic Movie Review 2021

Director Luis Mandoki turns the novel by Nicholas Sparks (A Walk to Remember, The Notebook) into a fine 1999 movie romance as journalist Theresa Osborne (Robin Wright Penn) finds Garret Blake (Kevin Costner)’s love letter […]

Dec, 30

A Most Wanted Man *** (2014, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl) – Movie Review

In another glum and dour adaptation of a John le Carré novel, a brutally tortured Chechen-Russian Muslim immigrant called Issa Karpov turns up illegally in Hamburg’s Islamic community, claiming his father’s ill-gotten fortune. The spy game […]

Sep, 11

The Congress *** (2013, Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston) – Movie Review

Robin Wright bravely plays a version of herself, an aging, 44-year-old out-of-work actress who has made bad career, partner and life choices. But her agent Al (Harvey Keitel) talks her into reluctantly accepting one last job, becoming […]

Aug, 14

The Princess Bride **** (1987, Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Falk, Fred Savage, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal) – Classic Movie Review 1537

Director Rob Reiner’s 1987 fairy tale movie is a perennial pleasure. The story is narrated by Peter Falk’s kindly grandfather, who reads his sick grandson (Fred Savage) a classic fairy tale, with heroes and villains, a poor stable boy, a […]

Aug, 11

Unbreakable **** (2000, Bruce Willis, Samuel L Jackson, Robin Wright) – Classic Movie Review 917

Bruce Willis re-unites in 2000 with his Die Hard With a Vengeance co-star Samuel L Jackson and his Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan for another unique suspense thriller that proves a worthy successor to […]

Mar, 16

A Home at the End of the World **** (2004, Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 431

Directed by Michael Mayer in 2004, this is another exquisite, heart-breaking work from the author of The Hours. Sadly, it didn’t achieve anything like its respect or its popularity, despite its release by a major […]

Nov, 20

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