Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Roald Dahl"

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James and the Giant Peach **** (1996, Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 1651

Director Henry Selick’s gorgeous 1996 British children’s movie stars Paul Terry as the titular James Trotter, a lonely nine-year-old orphan who is given a bag of glowing green seeds and grows a giant peach housing […]

Sep, 07

Matilda **** (1996, Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris, Embeth Daviditz) – Classic Movie Review 1650

Producer/director/star Danny DeVito’s 1996 children’s movie is a splendidly dark, colourful and inspiring family comedy based on the Roald Dahl classic story. Mara Wilson is stupendous as the extremely gifted little girl Matilda Wormwood who […]

Sep, 07

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory *** (2005, Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1613

Director Tim Burton’s 2005 version of the Roald Dahl family favourite is supremely sleek, tasteful, glossy and likeable, providing a great deal of pleasure if no real surprises. But, though it is attractive and appealing, […]

Aug, 31

You Only Live Twice **** (1967, Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Karin Dor) – Classic Movie Review 1025

Director Lewis Gilbert’s spectacular 1967 spy adventure You Only Live Twice is the fifth Bond movie. It boasts the astounding Japanese volcano that opens up to reveal an underground space station and has 007 Sean […]

Mar, 31

Gremlins ***** (1984, Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman, Hoyt Axton, Keye Luke, Dick Miller, Harry Carey Jr) – Classic Movie Review 64

Brilliantly on-form director Joe Dante and writer Chris Columbus deliver a perfectly delightful and deliciously cynical horror comedy in Gremlins in 1984. It is great vicious fun throughout and now a treasured, minor little classic […]

Jul, 18

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