Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "Scots"

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The Swordsman * (1948, Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 11,820

Director Joseph H Lewis’s 1948 American Technicolor swashbuckler film The Swordsman is set in 18th-century Scotland, and stars Larry Parks, Ellen Drew, George Macready and Edgar Buchanan. The handsome son – swordsman Alexander MacArden (Parks) – and […]

Jan, 01

Outlaw/ King ** (2018, Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh) – Movie Review

Chris Pine of Los Angeles, California, USA, channels his inner Scot as the 14th Century Scottish Outlaw/ King Robert the Bruce, who makes a reasonable claim to the Scottish throne and then desperately tries to […]

Oct, 17

Whisky Galore! ** (2016, Eddie Izzard, Gregor Fisher, Fenella Woolgar, James Cosmo, Naomi Battrick, Tim Pigott-Smith, Ellie Kendrick) – Movie Review

Eddie Izzard and Gregor Fisher put their comedy skills behind this mild but pleasant enough remake of the Ealing Studios classic. Izzard does a dithering Captain Mainwaring impersonation as Captain Waggett. Eddie Izzard and Gregor […]

May, 16

Macbeth ** (2015, Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, David Thewlis, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki) – Movie Review

Australian director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) throws the baby out with bathwater in his imaginative, freewheeling attempt to turn the Scottish Play into what amounts to a brutal Western movie. Jacob Koskoff, Michael Lesslie and Todd Louiso fail to […]

Sep, 30

Filth * (2013, James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan, Shauna Macdonald, John Sessions, Imogen Poots, Gary Lewis) – Movie Review

There’s never a dull moment, but Filth is a dismaying and dispiriting experience. This is one heck of a scary movie, but in the wrong way. Two of my favourite actors James McAvoy and Jamie […]

Sep, 29

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