Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Glasgow"

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Flesh and Blood ** (1951, Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, André Morell, Ursula Howells, Freda Jackson, George Cole, James Hayter) – Classic Movie Review 11,576

Richard Todd stars in a dual role in the 1951 British drama film Flesh and Blood, based on the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, about three generations of the Scottish Cameron family. Director […]

Sep, 15

Soft Top Hard Shoulder *** (1992, Peter Capaldi, Elaine Collins, Jeremy Northam, Richard Wilson, Frances Barber, Simon Callow, Catherine Russell, Phyllis Logan) *** Classic Movie Review 10,568

Director Stefan Schwartz’s 1992 comedy Soft Top Hard Shoulder is good middle-brow fun, in the Local Hero style, made with an eagle eye for laughs and arresting images. Peter Capaldi has done himself an enormous […]

Nov, 20

Strictly Sinatra ** (2001, Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, Brian Cox, Alun Armstrong) – Classic Movie Review 8,877

Ian Hart from Liverpool manages a decent Scots accent and a nifty vocal impression of Frank Sinatra, as Toni Cocozza, a Scottish-Italian club crooner obsessed with Ol’ Blue Eyes, in writer-director Peter Capaldi’s 2001 romantic […]

Sep, 03

Wild Rose **** (2018, Jessie Buckley, Julia Walters, Craig Parkinson, Sophie Okonedo, Bob Harris) – Movie Review

I really enjoyed Wild Rose. Jessie Buckley and Julia Walters are both great as Rose-Lynn Harlan, a Glasgow musician with dreams of becoming a Nashville country singer star, and her sad and world-weary mum Marion. […]

Apr, 14

Comfort and Joy *** (1984, Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton, Patrick Malahide, Rikki Fulton) – Classic Movie Review 7250

Writer-director Bill Forsyth’s 1984 Comfort and Joy is a sweet enough confection about an Italian ice-cream sellers’ feud in Glasgow, but its wafer-thin comedy offers only some smiles and a few laughs yet little joy. However, […]

Jul, 05

My Name Is Joe **** (1998, Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, Gary Lewis, David McKay, Lorraine McIntosh, Anne-Marie Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 4233

The best and worst of life on one of the toughest Glasgow estates are observed in writer Paul Laverty and director Ken Loach’s raw and insightful 1998 film. Peter Mullan stars as the man named Joe, an out […]

Aug, 25

Where You’re Meant to Be **** (2016, Aidan Moffat, Sheila Stewart) – Movie Review

Co-writer/director Paul Fegan’s superlative music documentary follows Scottish indie pop artist Aidan Moffat (from Arab Strap) on tour in Scotland with the traditional Scottish folk songs he’s decided to update to suit modern, urban life. He meets up […]

Jun, 16

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