Derek Winnert

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To the Lighthouse **** (1983, Rosemary Harris, Michael Gough, Kenneth Branagh, Suzanne Bertish) – Classic Movie Review 13,279

Colin Gregg’s 1983 TV film To the Lighthouse is a superbly acted, beautiful and haunting dramatisation of the 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. Rosemary Harris and Michael Gough star luminously as Mrs and Mr Ramsay. […]

Dec, 02

Remembrance ***½ (1982, John Altman, Al Ashton, Martin Barrass, Nick Dunning, Sally Jane Jackson, David John, Gary Oldman, Timothy Spall, Jesse Birdsall) – Classic Movie Review 13,278

The 1982 British ensemble drama film Remembrance is a tough and effective slice-of-life about sailors, Royal Navy ratings of HMS Raleigh, on their last night in Plymouth before embarking on a six-month NATO naval exercise. Producer/ director Colin Gregg’s […]

Dec, 02

Meantime **** (1983, Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Pam Ferris, Alfred Molina, Gary Oldman, Jeffrey Robert) – Classic Movie Review 13,277

Mike Leigh’s brilliant 1983 British comedy-drama TV film Meantime stars Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Pam Ferris, Alfred Molina and Gary Oldman. Writer/ director Mike Leigh’s 1983 British comedy-drama TV film Meantime is produced […]

Dec, 02

Aleksandr’s Price **½ (2013, Pau Masó, Anatoli Grek, Josh Berresford, Samantha Glovin, Keith Dougherty) – Classic Movie Review 13,276

Aleksandr’s Price is a disturbing, quite involving 2013 American-Spanish psychological drama film made by and starring Pau Masó as an unhappy hooker.  Aleksandr’s Price is a disturbing, quite involving 2013 American-Spanish psychological drama film written, […]

Nov, 30

A Matter of Murder * (1949, Maureen Riscoe, John Barry, Charles Clapham, Ian Fleming, John Le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 13,275

The 1949 British crime B film A Matter of Murder stars Maureen Riscoe, John Barry, Charles Clapham, Ian Fleming and John Le Mesurier in a story about an embezzler implicated in an attack on his […]

Nov, 30

The Call of the Wild ** (1972, Charlton Heston) – Classic Movie Review 13,274

The 1972 adventure film The Call of the Wild stars a sturdy but unhappy Charlton Heston, who recalled: ‘I fear I’ve fallen in with amateurs and con men.’ Director Ken Annakin’s 1972 adventure film The […]

Nov, 30

Light Gradient [Rückenwind] ** (2009, Sebastian Schlecht, Eric Golub, Iris Minich, Denis Alevi) – Classic Movie Review 13,273

Sebastian Schlecht and Eric Golub star as a young gay couple who go down to the woods today and are sure of a big surprise, in the 2009 German mystery romantic drama film Light Gradient. […]

Nov, 29

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