Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Tim Pigott-Smith"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "Tim Pigott-Smith".

The Hunchback of Notre Dame *** (1982, Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Robert Powell, David Suchet) – Classic Movie Review 2667

Taking a trick or two out of Charles Laughton’s book, Anthony Hopkins greatly impresses as the hunchback Notre Dame Cathedral bellringer Quasimodo in director Michael Tuchner’s lavish, starry and highly entertaining 1982 British-based TV movie […]

Jul, 05

Clash of the Titans **** (1981, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Laurence Olivier, Claire Bloom, Maggie Smith) – Classic Movie Review 1,858

The 1981 epic fantasy adventure film Clash of the Titans is based on the Greek myth of Perseus, stars Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier, and features Ray Harryhausen’s delightful stop-motion visual effects. Director Desmond Davis’s 1981 classical mythology caper film […]

Nov, 19

Johnny English *** (2003, Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Natalie Imbruglia) – Classic Movie Review 1750

Rowan Atkinson plays dithering special agent Johnny English in this incredibly popular, idiotic James Bond spy spoof that has plenty of amateurish enthusiasm but little in the way of inspiration or big laughs. Based on […]

Oct, 07

The Remains of the Day ***** (1993, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeve, James Fox, Peter Vaughan, Hugh Grant) – Classic Movie Review 451

Director James Ivory’s and producer Ismail Merchant’s 1993 triumph is an awesomely meticulous adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker-prize-winning novel. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson give the most incredibly impressive, subtle, miniaturist performances as Lord Darlington’s desperately […]

Nov, 25

V for Vendetta **** (2005, Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry) – Classic Movie Review 254

‘A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having!’ Hugo Weaving gets star billing in V for Vendetta (2005), hidden behind his disguise as a Guy Fawkes-style masked avenger called ‘V’. Escaping from prison […]

Sep, 21

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.