Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Oscars"

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Annie Hall ***** (1977, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 196

‘That was the most fun I’ve ever had without laughing.’ No doubt about it, this 1977 report on romance in the 70s and New Yorkers’ inability to enjoy pleasure, is the quintessential Woody Allen movie, […]

Aug, 27

As Good As It Gets ***** (1997, Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Shirley Knight, Skeet Ulrich) – Classic Movie Review 185

‘How do you write women so well?’ – awed publishers’ receptionist ‘I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.’ – Melvin Udall Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won Best Actor and […]

Aug, 24

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

Saving Private Ryan ***** (1998, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore) – Classic Movie Review 158

Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic war film Saving Private Ryan scooped five Oscars. Tom Hanks, Matt Damon and Tom Sizemore are outstanding stars. Director Steven Spielberg’s devastating 1998 Second World War epic […]

Aug, 14

High Noon ***** (1952, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Harry Morgan, Katy Jurado, Lon Chaney Jr, Otto Kruger) – Classic Movie Review 115

Director Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1952 suspense Western is sparked by a quintessential Gary Cooper performance as Will Kane, the beleaguered and abandoned lawman desperately searching for support to save the ungrateful town of Hadleyville, New […]

Aug, 01

Amadeus ***** (1984, F Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice) – Classic Movie Review 112

The winner of eight Oscars, Milos Forman’s 1984 triumph Amadeus is a magnificent film of lavish and unique brilliance, with a marvellous cast and brilliant director working at their peak. F Murray Abraham won the […]

Jul, 31

It Happened One Night ***** (1934, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert) – Classic Film Review 86

Director Frank Capra’s deliciously playful romantic comedy took all the big prizes at the 1935 Academy Awards. It made history as the only film to scoop all five main Oscars (best picture, actor, actress, screenplay, […]

Jul, 24

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