Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "wisecrack humour"

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Nothing But the Truth *** (1941, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold) – Classic Movie Review 10,697

The 1941 comedy film Nothing But the Truth starts with a good premise about a man who bets $10,000 he will tell nothing but the truth for a whole day. The ideally paired Bob Hope […]

Dec, 22

Terminal Velocity *** (1994, Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini) – Classic Movie Review 10,594

Director Deran Sarafian’s 1994 action mystery movie Terminal Velocity stars Charlie Sheen, who twinkles as aerial instructor Ditch Brodie, who finds himself taking beautiful skydiving pupil Chris Morrow (Nastassja Kinski) on a dangerous rollercoaster of spills […]

Nov, 27

Fletch Lives * (1989, Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini) – Classic Movie Review 10,088

Fletch Lives… but the movie dies. Director Michael Ritchie’s 1989 comedy-thriller Fletch Lives is an irritating, abravive sequel to the very popular 1985 comedy-thriller Fletch, with Chevy Chase back as Irwin ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, the fast-talking […]

Jul, 26

Love Happy *** (1949, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Eric Blore, Ilona Massey, Marilyn Monroe, Vera-Ellen, Raymond Burr) – Classic Movie Review 9636

Harpo Marx takes centre stage for the Marx Brothers’ final movie together about mounting a Broadway show and foiling jewel thieves, in director David Miller’s 1949 black and white wisecracking comedy Love Happy [Kleptomaniacs]. Alas, there […]

Apr, 14

Freddy Got Fingered (2001, Tom Green, Rip Torn, Marisa Coughlan) – Classic Movie Review 8696

Co-writer/ director Tom Green’s 2001 comedy Freddy Got Fingered stars Tom Green as failing unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody, who is forced to move back home where he ends up weaving a web of lies designed […]

Jul, 11

Treasure Planet *** (2002, voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Patrick McGoohan) – Classic Movie Review 7942

Writer/ producer/ directors Ron Clements and John Musker’s 2002 animated feature Treasure Planet brings the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island freshly up to date in the space age in Walt Disney Pictures’ gleaming and […]

Dec, 24

Star Wars: The Last Jedi ** (2017, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran) – Movie Review

Writer-director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi is nominated for four Oscars and has earned a fortune ($1,311,425,821 by 28 January 2018) but it is a letdown and certainly comes complete with a full cargo […]

Feb, 18

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