Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "independent film"

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East of Elephant Rock *** (1976, John Hurt, Jeremy Kemp, Judi Bowker, Christopher Cazenove, Anton Rodgers) – Classic Movie Review 10,774

Writer-producer-director Don Boyd’s 1976 British independent drama film East of Elephant Rock is his second feature following the 1975 Intimate Reflections, with his screenplay based on a treatment by journalists Richard Boyle and James Atherton, […]

Jan, 10

Eat the Peach *** (1986, Stephen Brennan, Eamon Morrissey, Catherine Byrne) – Classic Movie Review 10,765

Co-writer/ director Peter Ormrod’s 1986 film Eat the Peach is an appealing Ealing Studios-style Irish comedy about two jobless young Irish buddies – dreamer Vinnie (Stephen Brennan) and his sidekick Arthur (Eamon Morrissey) – who see […]

Jan, 07

Bellman and True *** (1987, Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope, Kieran O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 10,644

Security Sergeant: ‘It’s official – it’s a fuck-up.’ Director Richard Loncraine’s 1987 British crime thriller Bellman and True showcases a smashing performance by a totally credible Bernard Hill as Hiller, a computer-alarms system expert burglar […]

Dec, 10

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

The Dollar Bottom *** (1981, Robert Urquhart, Rikki Fulton, Jonathan McNeil) – Classic Movie Review 10,525

The entertaining 1981 British comedy short The Dollar Bottom is an amusing, light-hearted little film, which won the 1981 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action, about an enterprising 50s Scottish schoolboy who promotes an […]

Nov, 10

It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet ** (1976, John Alderton, Colin Blakely, Lisa Harrow) – Classic Movie Review 10,512

Director Eric Till’s 1976 British comedy drama It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet [All Things Bright and Beautiful] is based on the book by James Herriot, and stars John Alderton, Colin Blakely and Lisa Harrow, […]

Nov, 08

Nineteen Nineteen [19/19] *** (1985, Paul Scofield, Maria Schell, Colin Firth, Clare Higgins, Diana Quick, voice of Frank Finlay) – Classic Movie Review 10,466

Director Hugh Brody’s fascinating 1985 British independent film drama Nineteen Nineteen [19/19] is a worthy though wordy look back at the past as, 65 years on, two imagined former patients of Dr Sigmund Freud discuss […]

Oct, 27

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