Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "best picture"

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Shakespeare in Love ***** (1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush) – Classic Movie Review 291

Written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, and directed by John Madden, the delightful, carefree 1998 fantasy romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love is jam packed with amusing puns and clever play-on-words. It is spun around […]

Oct, 17

Forrest Gump ***** (1994, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field) – Classic Movie Review 285

‘Hello. My name’s Forrest, Forrest Gump. You want a chocolate? Tom Hanks pleased a whole lot of people and won a Best Actor Oscar with his canny, triumphant performance as wise simpleton Forrest Gump, in […]

Oct, 12

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

From Here to Eternity ***** (1953, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, Ernest Borgnine) – Classic Movie Review 128

Director Fred Zinnemann’s film of James Jones’s best-selling novel about the appallingly harsh rigours of army life and deep sexual frustrations in 1941 Hawaii caused a worldwide sensation in 1953. It went on to win eight […]

Aug, 05

It Happened One Night ***** (1934, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert) – Classic Film Review 86

Director Frank Capra’s deliciously playful romantic comedy took all the big prizes at the 1935 Academy Awards. It made history as the only film to scoop all five main Oscars (best picture, actor, actress, screenplay, […]

Jul, 24

The Silence of the Lambs ***** (1991, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Diane Baker, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison) – Classic Movie Review 84

‘Good evening, Clarice.’ ‘A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.’ Director Jonathan Demme’s gut-wrenching 1991 serial killer thriller mesmerises throughout thanks to […]

Jul, 24

All About Eve ***** (1950, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 76

‘Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night’ – Margo Channing. Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1950 American drama film All About Eve stars Bette Davis as aging Broadway star Margo Channing and Anne Baxter as ambitious […]

Jul, 21

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