Derek Winnert

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ***** (1979, Alec Guinness, Michael Jayston, Anthony Bate, George Sewell, Beryl Reid) – Classic Movie Review 9606

Director John Irvin’s 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is the beautifully acted, meticulously organised TV version of the John le Carré novel about retired espionage agent George Smiley’s search for a mole at the heart of […]

Apr, 06

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ** (2011, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham, Mark Strong) – Classic Movie Review 6111

Director Tomas Alfredson’s cinema remake of the brilliant 1979 Alec Guinness TV mini-series is an adequate watch but plodding, clunky and rushed, with the pacing and atmosphere all wrong. It lacks the needed high level […]

Oct, 19

British Intelligence [Enemy Agent] *** (1940, Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Maris Wrixon, Bruce Lester) – Classic Movie Review 5,639

Director Terry O Morse’s 1940 Warner Bros espionage thriller film British Intelligence is enjoyable and well played, especially by its stars Boris Karloff and Margaret Lindsay as the WW1 German spy villains. Margaret Lindsay plays […]

Jun, 20

The Wind in the Willows [Mr Toad’s Wild Ride] *** (1996, Eric Idle, Steve Coogan, Nicol Williamson, Terry Jones, Antony Sher, John Cleese, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 4221

Eric Idle (Rat), Steve Coogan (Mole), Nicol Williamson (Badger) and Terry Jones (Toad) head the star-studded cast for writer-director Terry Jones’s sweet, entertaining 1996 live-action version of the beloved Kenneth Grahame children’s story The Wind […]

Aug, 23

The Mole People * (1956, John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, Hugh Beaumont, Alan Napier, Nestor Paiva) – Classic Movie Review 3,497

The creaky old black and white 1956 chiller film The Mole People stars John Agar as a scientist who starts an expedition to a lost underground city of albino inhabitants who have made slaves of […]

Mar, 24

Infernal Affairs ***** (2002, Andy Lau, Tony Leung) – Classic Movie Review 1997

The 2002 Hong Kong cult favourite that inspired Martin Scorsese‘s spectacular 2006 crime thriller epic The Departed is a spectacular thrill ride in its own right and, with its stupendous premise, one of the all-time great […]

Dec, 23

The Departed ***** (2006, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg) – Classic Movie Review 1996

Martin Scorsese‘s spectacular 2006 crime thriller epic boldly remakes the 2002 Hong Kong cult favourite Infernal Affairs and hit the jackpot at the box office and the Oscars. winning four, including Best Motion Picture of the Year […]

Dec, 23

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