Derek Winnert

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Following **** (1998, Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell) – Classic Movie Review 802

Christopher Nolan’s 1998 neo-noir crime thriller film Following is his promising feature film debut. It is now acclaimed as one of the most notable no-budget films, showing Nolan’s flair, but it is an excellent little […]

Feb, 05

Bean *** (1997, Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills, Burt Reynolds, Johnny Galecki, Pamela Reed, Harris Yulin, Larry Drake, Peter Capaldi) – Classic Movie Review 791

Rowan Atkinson scored a super-sized hit in 1997 with this nutty, big-hearted big-screen version of his popular TV show (1990-95). It cost $22million and grossed $182million worldwide, though only $45million of that was in the US. […]

Feb, 02

Vendetta *** (2013, Danny Dyer, Vincent Regan, Roxanne McKee) – Movie Review

Vendetta proves to be a gripping, pretty good all-action London revenge thriller. Rarely pausing for breath or subtlety, it is plenty tough and busy throughout. Danny Dyer is on good form as SAS Special Ops […]

Nov, 21

The Lodger (A Story of the London Fog) ***** (1927, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, June Tripp, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen) – Classic Movie Review 274

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 silent film version of the famous 1913 novel The Lodger by Mrs Marie Belloc Lowndes is his first thriller,  establishing him as a star name director. The Lodger (A Story of the […]

Oct, 06

Notting Hill **** (1999, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Rhys Ifans) – Classic Movie Review 184

‘I’m also just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.’ Julia Roberts enchants as Anna Scott, the world’s most famous movie star, in this delicious, winning hit romantic comedy. But, […]

Aug, 24

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

Passport to Pimlico ***** (1949, Stanley Holloway, Margaret Rutherford, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray, Paul Dupuis, John Slater, Jane Hylton, Raymond Huntley) – Classic Movie Review 47

Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherford, and Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne – classic British comedy bliss! Ealing Studios turned the British nation’s post-World War Two austerity troubles with government red tape and ration books into the […]

Jul, 14

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