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Posts Tagged "Kate Winslet"

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Labor Day ** (2013, Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, James Van Der Beek) – Movie Review

Directed by Jason Reitman, maker of Juno, Labor Day is a novelettish romantic drama that tries to turns itself into an art movie. The film means well, is powerfully acted and looks amazing but unfortunately its story […]

Mar, 20

The Reader **** (2008, Kate Winslet, David Kross, Ralph Fiennes) – Classic Movie Review 536

‘It doesn’t matter what I feel. The dead are still dead.’ Director Stephen Daldry’s haunting 2008 film of Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 novel Der Vorleser is an uncomfortable and disturbing experience, as intended. It focuses on […]

Dec, 16

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ***** (2004, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 511

My funny Valentine! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant art movie in the mainstream. Jim Carrey goes all posh and serious in director Michel Gondry’s clever and dazzling if a shade baffling […]

Dec, 13

Sense and Sensibility ***** (1995, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy) – Classic Film Review 440

Director Ang Lee’s 1995 film was another triumph for him, both critically and at the box office, as well as at awards time. It won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture and the Bafta […]

Nov, 23

The Reader – Film Review

‘It doesn’t matter what I feel. The dead are still dead.’ Director Stephen Daldry’s haunting 2008 film of Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 novel Der Vorleser is, as intended, an uncomfortable and disturbing experience. It focuses on a […]

Sep, 20

Finding Neverland **** (2004, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Freddie Highmore, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman) – Classic Movie Review 124

Enter, stage left, Johnny Depp, with a short haircut and a lilting Scots brogue, as unhappily married playwright James M Barrie, whose latest play is a flop. Enter, stage right, Kate Winslet, as a posh […]

Aug, 03

Titanic **** (1997, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Bernard Hill, Suzy Amis, Frances Fisher, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 77

‘I’m the king of the world.’ Leonardo DiCaprio gets that sinking feeling as his shipboard love for Kate Winslet hits the rocks in this mesmerising blockbuster. Writer-producer-director James Cameron’s romantic disaster movie reputedly cost a […]

Jul, 21

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