Derek Winnert

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Faithful *** (1996, Cher, Chazz Palminteri, Ryan O’Neal, Paul Mazursky) – Classic Movie Review 4904

Housewife Cher plans suicide when she finds out that her husband of 20 years is unfaithful –­ until she gets a wake-up call when she discovers that a hitman is out to kill her, has […]

Jan, 17

The Foreman Went to France **** (1942, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings, Clifford Evans, Robert Morley, Gordon Jackson, Ernest Milton, Francis L Sullivan, Mervyn Johns, Thora Hird) – Classic Movie Review 4684

Ealing Studios’s popular 1942 film is an adroit mixture of comedy, wartime adventure, spy story and semi-documentary authenticity, imaginatively realised by director Charles Frend. Informative and morale-boosting as well as entertaining, it was made with […]

Nov, 23

Nocturnal Animals *** (2016, Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Ellie Bamber, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karl Glusman, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney) – Movie Review

Amy Adams impresses yet again – not quite as much as in Arrival, but nearly – as ice-cool art gallery owner Susan, who is haunted by her ex-husband Tony (Jake Gyllenhaal)’s violent thriller novel that […]

Oct, 14

Revolver * (2005, Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, André Benjamin, Terence Maynard, Mark Strong, Francesca Annis, Andrew Howard) – Classic Movie Review 4328

With three days to live, gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) battles an evil mobster, played by Ray Liotta. Director Guy Ritchie shoots his bolt with his annoying, mystical 2005 crime movie, as showy and pretentious […]

Sep, 09

The Snake Pit **** (1948, Olivia de Havilland, Leo Genn, Mark Stevens, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Leif Erickson, Beulah Bondi. Lee Patrick) – Classic Movie Review 4178

Director Anatole Litvak’s brutal and gruelling 1948 20th Century Fox American psychological drama film The Snake Pit features a blistering Oscar-nominated Best Actress performance from Olivia de Havilland that shines through this tale of a woman committed […]

Aug, 15

Goya in Bordeaux [Goya en Burdeos] **** (1999, Franciso Rabal, Dafne Fernandez, Maribel Verdù, José Coronado) – Classic Movie Review 4126

Writer-director Carlos Saura, one of the world’s great film-makers, hauntingly explores the life, loves and work of the artist Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) in this 1999 Spanish biographical drama, Goya in Bordeaux [Goya en Burdeos]. […]

Aug, 04

Save the Tiger **** (1973, Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford ) – Classic Movie Review 4078

Director John G Avildsen’s 1973 drama finds Jack Lemmon on his best Oscar-winning form as the harassed, disillusioned businessman Harry Stoner, who is haunted by memories of his World War Two war buddies while he […]

Jul, 25

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