Derek Winnert

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The King and I **** (1956, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 2193

Director Walter Lang’s much loved five-Oscar-winning 1956 film of the Richard Rodgers (music) and Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics) all-time great stage triumph, based on Margaret Landon’s book Anna and the King of Siam, is hugely […]

Feb, 20

Nanny McPhee **** (2005, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton) – Classic Movie Review 1834

Emma Thompson and Colin Firth star in director Kirk Jones’s delightful, magical 2005 family fantasy comedy film Nanny McPhee, with expert performances and a super wicked sense of humour. Thompson stars as a Mary Poppins-style […]

Nov, 12

Vanity Fair *** (2004, Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Romola Garai) – Classic Movie Review 1751

Likeable and engaging, director Mira Nair’s 2004 film is a very fair if slightly uninspired stab at filming a difficult novel, plodding relentlessly through the seemingly endless and complex detail and plotlines of William Makepeace […]

Oct, 07

The Lady Vanishes ***** (1938, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Catherine Lacey, Googie Withers, Mary Clare) – Classic Movie Review 118

Fighting off strong competition from The 39 Steps, the 1938 treasure The Lady Vanishes is (arguably) by a narrow margin Alfred Hitchcock’s best British movie before he left for America to make Rebecca in 1940 […]

Aug, 02

The Sound of Music ***** (1965, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 57

The hills are alive… Is this the world’s most popular musical? Maybe it is! The Tony award-winner for Best Musical became the Oscar-winner for Best Film. The original Broadway production opened in November 1959 and […]

Jul, 17

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