Derek Winnert

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Never Back Losers ** (1961, Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis, Patrick Magee) – Classic Movie Review 13,281

The 1961 British horse race fixing crime B film Never Back Losers is based on Edgar Wallace’s 1929 novel The Green Ribbon and stars Jack Hedley, Jacqueline Ellis and Patrick Magee. Director Robert Tronson’s 1961 British […]

Dec, 03

Lamb ***½ (1985, Liam Neeson, Hugh O’Conor, Ian Bannen, Harry Towb, Frances Tomelty, Dudley Sutton) – Classic Movie Review 13,280

Colin Gregg’s 1985 Irish drama film Lamb derives from Bernard MacLaverty’s novel, and stars Liam Neeson, Hugh O’Conor and Ian Bannen. Director Colin Gregg’s 1985 Irish drama film Lamb derives from Bernard MacLaverty’s novel, and […]

Dec, 02

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

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