Derek Winnert

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Before Sunset ***** (2004, Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff) – Classic Movie Review 858

It’s 2004, and nine years on from their first tentative but passionate encounter in Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic drama Before Sunrise (1995), Jesse (Ethan Hawke), now a writer, is back in Europe for a book […]

Mar, 02

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ***** (1969, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross) – Classic Movie Review 793

The stupendous 1969 comedy Western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with Paul Newman and Robert Redford won four Oscars. Director George Roy Hill’s 1969’s gem is a stupendous comedy Western that put him together […]

Feb, 02

The General ***** (1926, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender) – Classic Movie Review 731

Buster Keaton stars in this 1926 unchallenged silent comic masterpiece, set in the American Civil War and based on a real incident as told in the story The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittinger. A hugely-admired masterpiece as […]

Jan, 22

Source Code *** (2011, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright) – Classic Movie Review 703

Jake Gyllenhaal makes every second count as Colter Stevens, a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and finds he’s in a sci-fi spin on Groundhog Day. He has eight minutes […]

Jan, 15

Leave Her to Heaven ***** (1945, Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman) – Classic Movie Review 663

Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney is enthralling as a crazy young socialite called Ellen Berent in John M Stahl’s film noir thriller Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Capturing the eye and the emotions at the height of […]

Jan, 10

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ***** (2004, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 511

My funny Valentine! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant art movie in the mainstream. Jim Carrey goes all posh and serious in director Michel Gondry’s clever and dazzling if a shade baffling […]

Dec, 13

The Polar Express **** (2004, Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, Michael Jeter) – Classic Movie Review 498

A little boy gets a ticket to ride aboard a magical steam train to meet Santa at his home in the North Pole on Christmas Eve, in the 2004 Christmas treat The Polar Express, the […]

Dec, 10

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