Derek Winnert

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84 Charing Cross Road **** (1987, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench) – Classic Movie Review 9028

Director David Jones’s 1987 drama 84 Charing Cross Road features subtle and affecting performances from Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins, bringing to life this glowing and delightful film version of Helene Hanff’s memoirs (and its […]

Oct, 29

The Bookshop ** (2017, Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson) – Movie Review

The Bookshop (2017) tells an interesting, if minor, small-scale nostalgia story, with mixed results. On the plus side, the three main performances of Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy and Honor Kneafsey are all very good, credible, involving and […]

Jun, 22

ChickLit ** (2016, Christian McKay, Dakota Blue Richards, Caroline Catz, Miles Jupp, David Troughton, Tom Palmer, Eileen Atkins, John Hurt) – Movie Review

Christian McKay, Miles Jupp, David Troughton and Tom Palmer star as four guys trying to save their local pub from closing by writing a chick lit novel, Fifty Shades of Grey-style ‘mummy porn’. McKay takes it to cynical London […]

Sep, 04

Gumshoe **** (1971, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule, Carolyn Seymour, Fulton Mackay) – Classic Movie Review 3328

Director Stephen Frears’s excellent 1971 British neo-noir retro-gangster yarn provides a heaven-sent acting opportunity for Albert Finney as Eddie Ginley, a music-hall comedian/ nightclub bingo caller who really wants to be Dashiell Hammett’s legendary fictional […]

Feb, 05

Notting Hill **** (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 184

‘I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.’ Julia Roberts enchants as Anna Scott, the world’s most famous movie star, in this delicious, winning hit romantic comedy. But, […]

Aug, 24

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