Derek Winnert

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Angela’s Ashes *** (1999, Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge) – Classic Movie Review 1879

Director Alan Parker keeps the faith in 1999 with author Frank McCourt’s book about his childhood in famine-stricken Ireland in this depressingly downbeat but wonderfully meticulous movie. Young Frankie McCourt (played at various ages by […]

Nov, 23

Spider **** (2002, Ralph Fiennes, Lynn Redgrave, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, John Neville) – Classic Movie Review 1747

Ralph Fiennes is brilliant as the mentally ill Dennis Clegg, nicknamed ‘Spider’ by his mother (Miranda Richardson). Now in his thirties, he is released after 20 years in a clinic to Lynn Redgrave’s depressingly seedy London boarding […]

Oct, 06

The Kid *** (2000, Bruce Willis, Spencer Breslin, Emily Mortimer, Lily Tomlin) – Classic Movie Review 1054

Walt Disney’s loveable, charming 2000 life-crisis comedy is safely based on a decent screenplay by Audrey Wells, a writer and director known for Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), George of the Jungle (1997) and Shall We Dance (2004). Bruce Willis […]

Apr, 05

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