Derek Winnert

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Testament of Youth *** (2014, Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Hayley Atwell) – Movie Review

Alicia Vikander plays Edwardian British heroine Vera Brittain, who recalls her tempestuous coming of age during World War One in director James Kent’s film version of Vera Brittain’s great memoir of how the First World War affected […]

Jan, 14

Night Train to Munich **** (1940, Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt, Felix Aylmer, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 1832

Carol Reed’s fast-moving, enjoyable 1940 thriller film Night Train to Munich is written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. It brings back Margaret Lockwood as the heroine, and Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as cricket-mad […]

Nov, 11

Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves *** (1991, Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater) – Classic Movie Review 1793

Kevin Reynolds directs this ambitious, enormously popular, big-budget 1991 Robin Hood movie plainly, unimaginatively and hesitantly, struggling to get the pace and mood right. A hefty re-edit, with about 20 minutes shorn from the 143-minute running […]

Nov, 01

Robin Hood ***** (1922, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Alan Hale Sr) – Classic Movie Review 1792

Douglas Fairbanks Sr stars in one of his most famous and iconic roles as the king’s favoured knight The Earl of Huntingdon, who becomes the outlaw Robin Hood to protect the oppressed English people from the […]

Nov, 01

Carrington *** ( Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington) – Classic Movie Review 1708

Writer-director Christopher Hampton’s 1995 drama provides another peep behind the scenes of English literature dissecting the odd, platonic but deep relationship between the sexually confused painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and gay writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce), […]

Sep, 23

Tom Jones ***** (1963, Albert Finney, Susannah York, Joyce Redman, Edith Evans, Hugh Griffith, Diane Cilento, David Warner, Joan Greenwood) – Classic Movie Review 1479

In 1963 movie-goers across the globe fell in love with Albert Finney’s entrancing rogue Tom Jones, and director Tony Richardson’s classic is still as fresh, clever, exciting and exhilarating as the day it was made. […]

Jul, 26

The Man in Grey **** (1943, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert) – Classic Movie Review 1336

The famous 1943 Gainsborough melodrama The Man in Grey showcases the studio’s four biggest stars Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert, James Mason and Stewart Granger to great advantage. Co-writer/director Leslie Arliss’s famous 1943 Gainsborough melodrama showcases […]

Jun, 18

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