Derek Winnert

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The Importance of Being Earnest ***** (2002, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Judi Dench, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor, Anna Massey, Tom Wilkinson, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 1162

Writer-director Oliver Parker’s 2002 film follows up his 1999 success with another Oscar Wilde adaptation, An Ideal Husband. Parker’s film of The Importance of Being Earnest is a marvellous, hilarious, sumptuous and above all fresh […]

May, 01

The Importance of Being Earnest ***** (1952, Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Edith Evans) – Classic Movie Review 1161

Writer-director Anthony Asquith delivers a beautifully graceful movie version of Oscar Wilde’s greatest work. He has the most polished and perfect cast at his disposal in this much revered, impeccably staged 1952 British classic high […]

Apr, 30

Bringing Up Baby – Classic Film Review 682

Director Howard Hawks’s 1938 classic is the quintessential 30s screwball comedy, providing a perfect showcase for the ultimate in polished zany performances from its all-time great stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. In the engagingly […]

Jan, 12

Lucky Number Slevin **** (2006, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci) – Classic Movie Review 647

Mr Goodkat: ‘Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in Monte Carlo and came in third. That’s a story.’ Just the right, cultish cast is assembled for the tough and brilliant 2006 thriller […]

Jan, 07

After Hours **** (1985, Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Teri Garr, Verna Bloom) – Classic Movie Review 331

Largely forgotten actor Griffin Dunne stars as a computer programmer who finds his casual date with a  young woman exploding in his face. His one rash decision turns immediately into a surreal nightmare of mistaken […]

Oct, 27

North by Northwest ***** (1959, Cary Grant, James Mason, Eva Marie Saint, Jessie Royce Landis, Martin Landau, Leo G Carroll) – Classic Movie Review 4

Was any thriller busier, faster or more polished? Buckle up for North by Northwest, Alfred Hitchcock’s great 1959 chase-thriller ride, following the desperate knife-edge fate of charismatic but smug and selfish middle-aged Madison Avenue advertising […]

Jun, 25

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