Derek Winnert

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The Actors ** (2003, Michael Caine, Dylan Moran, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 8356

‘Thick as thieves. Only thicker.’ Unfortunately, this little known Michael Caine film deserves to be little known, though it has its modest charms and is not a total bust. Michael Caine and Dylan Moran star […]

Apr, 12

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum *** (1966, Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, Buster Keaton, Michael Crawford, Jack Gilford) – Classic Movie Review 8221

And a funny thing happened to the 1962 Broadway musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum on the way to the screen for this 1966 British screwball comedy. Director Richard Lester […]

Mar, 09

Stavisky… *** (1974, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer) – Classic Movie Review 7418

Director Alain Resnais’s arty 1974 film Stavisky looks great and there is good playing all round from a strong cast, with the stars Jean-Paul Belmondo and Charles Boyer well used. But it is more successful […]

Aug, 08

Educating Rita **** (1983, Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams) – Classic Movie Review 6555

Willy Russell’s 1980 Royal Shakespeare Company West End stage comedy proved even more popular on film in 1983 than in the theatre, partly thanks to the engaging interplay between Julie Walters as Rita, a 27- year-old working-class […]

Jan, 13

Room Service **** (1938, Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Lucille Ball, Ann Miller, Frank Albertson, Donald MacBride) – Classic Movie Review 4410

Director William A Seiter’s 1938 movie is an amusing Marx Brothers comedy, less zany and frantic than some of their earlier frantic farces, but still packed with funny sight gags and Groucho’s witty one-liners. Despite […]

Sep, 25

The Lady in the Van ***½ (2015, Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Deborah Findlay, Frances de la Tour, David Calder, Gwen Taylor, Jim Broadbent) – Movie Review

Maggie Smith is brilliant, of course, re-creating her stage role as Miss Shepherd, the transient derelict lady who parks up her van in playwright Alan Bennett’s Camden front drive for 15 years. It’s based on a more […]

Oct, 15

The Madness of King George ***** (1994, Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Ian Holm, Rupert Everett) – Classic Movie Review 129

‘His majesty was all-powerful and all-knowing. But he wasn’t quite all there.’ Oscar-nominated Nigel Hawthorne gives a right royal performance in his finest hour in the movies as mad King George III  (who reigned 1760-1820), […]

Aug, 05

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