Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Ben Kingsley"

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The Jungle Book **** (2016, Neel Sethi, voices of Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Christopher Walken, Idris Elba, Garry Shandling, Scarlett Johansson) – Movie Review

Little Neel Sethi is ideal as the man-cub Mowgli who flees the jungle after a death threat from the tiger Shere Khan. Guided by Ben Kingsley and Bill Murray provide the excellent key voices of Bagheera the panther and the bear […]

Apr, 13

The Walk **** (2015, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley) – Movie Review

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in pole position. Come in Monsieur Petit, your time is up! Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, who in 1974 recruits a team to help him realize his crazy dream […]

Sep, 30

Life **** (2015, Dane DeHaan, Robert Pattinson, Ben Kingsley, Alessandra Mastronardi, Joel Edgerton, Peter Lucas, Lauren Gallagher) – Movie Review

Dane DeHaan brings James Dean to Life in a snappy snap. Set in a kind of fairy tale 1955, Life is an excellent movie, with a sweet story, superlative performances and astounding visuals in a […]

Sep, 24

Self/less *** (2015, Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley, Victor Garber) – Movie Review

Ben Kingsley stars (all too briefly) as elderly Damian, a cancer-stricken dying American real estate mogul who learns of a process called ‘shedding’. He transfers his consciousness into a healthy body of a decades younger […]

Jul, 15

Oliver Twist ** (2005, Barney Clark, Ben Kingsley, Harry Eden, Edward Hardwicke, Leanne Rowe, Jamie Foreman, Jeremy Swift) – Classic Movie Review 2686

Let’s Twist again! Or maybe not? Producer-director Roman Polanski comes up with a disappointment in 2005 – a pedestrian, plodding and uninspired movie version of the classic Charles Dickens tale, but nevertheless with some excellent […]

Jul, 11

Stonehearst Asylum *** (2014, Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson) – Movie Review

Most entertaining old-style horror movie, set in the creepy asylum of the title, with an exceptionally plush production and highly amusing tongue-in-cheek turns from Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine and David Thewlis. Taking it all very seriously, […]

Apr, 21

Exodus: Gods and Kings *** (2014, Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, John Turturro, Ben Mendelsohn) – Movie Review

The Gospel according to director Ridley Scott is a typically beautifully crafted, visually stunning affair that he tries desperately hard to turn into Gladiator 2, with Moses as an action hero, and inevitably mostly fails. It’s not […]

Dec, 18

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