Derek Winnert

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Brideshead Revisited *** (2008, Ben Whishaw, Matthew Goode, Patrick Malahide, Hayley Atwell, Joseph Beattie, Felicity Jones, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 2941

Director Julian Jarrold’s conscientious, sumptuous and costly ($20 million) remake for the cinema of Brideshead Revisited in 2008 of the much loved 1981 classic of British TV drama Brideshead Revisited is an effective adaptation of […]

Oct, 02

The Black Cat ***½ (1941, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Bela Lugosi Hugh Herbert, Broderick Crawford, Anne Gwynne, Gladys Cooper) – Classic Movie Review 2505

Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard and Bela Lugosi raise the hairs on the back of the neck in the spooky and amusing 1941 comedy-mystery horror movie The Black Cat. Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Bela Lugosi and […]

May, 20

Anne of the Thousand Days **** (1969, Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, John Colicos, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake) – Classic Movie Review 2366

Director Charles Jarrott’s beautifully crafted 1969 British historical drama Anne of the Thousand Days attracted 10 Academy Award nominations. But in the end it won only a single Oscar – for Best Costume Design (Margaret […]

Apr, 06

The Iron Mask ***** (1929, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Marguerite De La Motte, Dorothy Revier, Nigel De Brulier, Leon Barry, Stanley J Stanford, Gino Conrado, Belle Bennett) – Classic Movie Review 2322

Producer-writer-star Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s 1929 sequel to his 1921 triumph The Three Musketeers reunites him with several members of the original cast. This marvellous Alexandre Dumas père swashbuckler is virtually the final fling of the […]

Mar, 28

Pursuit to Algiers *** (1945, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, John Abbott) – Classic Movie Review 983

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr Watson (Nigel Bruce) are recruited to ensure a future king gets safely back from America to his homeland after his father’s assassination. But killers are also aboard their ocean […]

Mar, 25

Family Plot **** (1976, Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane) – Classic Movie Review 464

Alfred Hitchcock’s 53rd and final movie Family Plot, made in 1976 when he was 76, is a deliciously playful, witty farewell. He called it ‘a melodrama treated with a bit of levity and sophistication. I want […]

Dec, 02

Kind Hearts and Coronets ***** (1949, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson) – Classic Movie Review 5

‘I shot an arrow in the air; she fell to earth in Berkeley Square.’ In his first film for Ealing Studios, Alec Guinness gives a brilliant display of his remarkable versatility and exquisite comic touch […]

Jun, 26

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