Derek Winnert

"The Review's Better Than The Film"

Ripley ***** (2024, Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn) – Classic Movie Review 12,882

Steven Zaillian’s 2024 American neo-noir psychological thriller TV series Ripley is based on Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels. Ripley is a gorgeous looking art work in glorious black and white, and Andrew Scott is quietly sensational […]

May, 10 · in Reviews

The History Boys **** (2006, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Dominic Cooper, Russell Tovey) – Classic Movie Review 12,881

The brilliant 2006 British comedy drama film The History Boys is adapted by Alan Bennett from his hugely successful, award-winning play, and features its tremendous original cast. The brilliant 2006 British comedy drama film The […]

May, 09 · in Reviews

John and Julie *** (1955, Colin Gibson, Leslie Dudley, Moira Lister, Noelle Middelton, Constance Cummings, Wilfrid Hyde White, Sidney James, Peter Sellers) – Classic Movie Review 12,880

Colin Gibson and Leslie Dudley star as two children who run off  to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, in the 1955 British nostalgic treat of a comedy film John and Julie. […]

May, 09

Double Exposure * (1954, John Bentley, Rona Anderson, Garry Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 12,879

John Gilling’s 1954 crime film Double Exposure stars John Bentley and Rona Anderson. It is a stiff-jointed Fifties British B-thriller from the prolific Robert S Baker – Monty Berman production team, but it has some […]

May, 06

Charlotte’s Web *** (1973, voices of Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, Martha Scott, Agnes Moorehead, Rex Allen) – Classic Movie Review 12,878

Hanna-Barbera’s 1973 animated feature film Charlotte’s Web is based on the beloved 1952 E B White children’s tale, and stars the voices of Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde, and Agnes Moorehead, with narration by Rex […]

May, 06

Sunset Across the Bay **** (1975, Gabrielle Daye, Harry Markham, Bob Peck, Peter Sallis) – Classic Movie Review 12,877

Stephen Frears’s amusing, touching and ultimately sad 1975 TV drama Sunset Across the Bay is a bitter-sweet treat, written by Alan Bennett, and starring Gabrielle Daye and Harry Markham. Director Stephen Frears’s amusing, touching and […]

May, 05

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum **** (1975, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow) – Classic Movie Review 12,876

Angela Winkler stars in the outstanding 1975 West German political drama film The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum [Die Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum], based on the 1974 novel by Heinrich Böll. The outstanding, valuable, […]

May, 05

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