Derek Winnert

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Shake Hands with the Devil ** (1959, James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter, Glynis Johns, Sybil Thorndike, Michael Redgrave) – Classic Movie Review 11,513

Producer-director Michael Anderson’s 1959 drama Shake Hands with the Devil stars James Cagney as Sean Lenihan, a Dublin College of Surgeons tutor and Irish Republican Army boss who leads a young Irish-American overseas student Kerry […]

Aug, 24

Fools of Fortune ** (1990, Iain Glen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Julie Christie, Sean T McClory) – Classic Movie Review 11,354

Julie Christie is seen at her best in the 1990 film Fools of Fortune. Director Pat O’Connor’s 1990 British drama Fools of Fortune is written by Michael Hirst, based on the novel by William Trevor. […]

Jun, 29

Agnes Browne ** (1999, Anjelica Huston, Marion O’Dwyer, Niall O’Shea, Ciaran Owens, Ray Winstone, Arno Chevrier) – Classic Movie Review 10,938

Anjelica Huston directs herself in her 1999 comedy drama star vehicle Agnes Browne, with a screenplay by Brendan O’Carroll and John Goldsmith, based on the novel by John Goldsmith. Anjelica Huston must have kissed the […]

Feb, 19

The Quare Fellow ***½ (1962, Patrick McGoohan, Sylvia Syms, Walter Macken) – Classic Movie Review 10,918

Underrated actor Patrick McGoohan grabs his opportunity as Thomas Crimmin, a new young Dublin prison warder questioning his views on capital punishment at the imminent hanging of a condemned man, in writer-director Arthur Dreifuss’s 1963 […]

Feb, 15

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

Cal **** (1984, Helen Mirren, John Lynch, Donal McCann) – Classic Movie Review 9878

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1984 thriller Cal stars John Lynch as Cal, the 19-year-old unemployed Catholic IRA man in Ulster, who falls for Catholic woman Marcella (Helen Mirren), widow of the Protestant policeman he has reluctantly […]

Jun, 08

Dancing at Lughnasa ***½ (1998, Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 9823

Director Pat O’Connor’s 1998 romantic comedy drama Dancing at Lughnasa tells the ripe tale of prim schoolmarm Kate Mundy (Meryl Streep) and her four unmarried sisters (Catherine McCormack, Kathy Burke, Sophie Thompson, Brid Brennan) in […]

May, 26

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