Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "irish"

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Tristan + Isolde **** (2006, James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell) – Classic Movie Review 1431

James Franco stars as a dreamy Tristan and Sophia Myles as his feisty royal  lover in director Kevin Reynolds’s 2006 epic romantic drama film based on the medieval romantic legend set in the Dark Ages in […]

Jul, 15

Breakfast on Pluto **** (2005, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Jones, Eva Birthistle, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Eamonn Owens) – Classic Movie Review 830

‘Same world, different planet!’ In brave, bold turn, and looking pretty as a picture, Cillian Murphy is a fabulous knockout as an Irish boy called Patrick Braden, who wants to be a girl called Kitten […]

Feb, 15

In America **** (2002, Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou) – Classic Movie Review 761

Director Jim Sheridan’s 2002 Irish movie about of his early struggles in America is sometimes strained but most often a real, enchanting heart-warmer. There’s quirky charm aplenty in this tale of an Irish actor Johnny (Paddy Considine) […]

Jan, 28

Barry Lyndon **** (1975, Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Murray Melvin, Steven Berkoff) – Classic Movie Review 401

Ryan O’Neal gets by on screen presence and charisma, despite his odd casting as the roguish Irish farm boy turned adventurer, in Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 extraordinary labour of love period drama film Barry Lyndon. Stanley […]

Nov, 13

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