Derek Winnert

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The Queen ***** (2006, Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory) – Classic Movie Review 11,104

Helen Mirren is absolutely brilliant in the title role of Queen Elizabeth II in the vastly entertaining 2006 biographical drama film, sweeping all before her on the way to winning the Academy Award for Best […]

Apr, 17

The Abdication * (1974, Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 10,523

Queen Christina: ‘I, Christina, Sovereign of Sweden, do hereby abdicate my throne.’ ‘She shook the Vatican like an earthquake. Shocking whispers had preceded her. Debauchery. Unspeakable acts. A reign of scandal… And now she had […]

Nov, 10

The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] **** (1975, Ulrik Cold, Josef Köstlinger, Irma Urrila) – Classic Movie Review 10,249

Director Ingmar Bergman’s 1975 Swedish film The Magic Flute [Trollflöjten] is a magical filming of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s great opera, eavesdropping on a performance at Drottningholm’s 18th century court theatre in Stockholm. With Sven Nykvist’s […]

Aug, 31

Snow White and the Huntsman * (2012, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Bob Hoskins) – Classic Movie Review 8624

Director Rupert Sanders’s extremely disappointing Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) is a thing of beauty but a lame misfire, with the right cast in Kristen Stewart (as Snow White), Chris Hemsworth (as The Huntsman) […]

Jun, 22

Nefertite, Regina del Nilo [Queen of the Nile] *** (1961, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Amedeo Nazzari, Liana Orfei, Carlo D’Angelo, Clelia Matania) – Classic Movie Review 8069

Co-writer/ director Fernando Cerchio’s 1961 Italian sword-and-sandal historical drama epic Nefertite, Regina del Nilo [Queen of the Nile] stars Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price and Edmund Purdom, who in 1954 had starred in The Egyptian, which has a similar […]

Jan, 28

Sixty Glorious Years [Queen of Destiny] *** (1938, Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook, C Aubrey Smith, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 8036

Director Herbert Wilcox’s colourful 1938 royal historical drama sequel Sixty Glorious Years [Queen of Destiny] stars Dame Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria again in the gorgeously photographed Technicolor follow-up to the 1937 black-and-white hit Victoria the […]

Jan, 20

Adventures of Don Juan ****(1948, Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 7973

Director Vincent Sherman’s 1948 romantic action adventure Adventures of Don Juan, the Warner Bros studio’s final super-production for its waning star Errol Flynn, is a thrilling, splendidly good-humoured spectacular. Flynn is on top form as […]

Jan, 02

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