Derek Winnert

Funny Cow **** (2017, Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Alun Armstrong, Tony Pitts, Stephen Graham) – Movie Review

Maxine Peake is on peak form in the raw 2017 British drama film Funny Cow, acting bravely and brilliantly as a troubled working class woman who turns herself into a comedienne playing working men’s clubs […]

Apr, 26 · in Reviews

Tully **** (2018, Charlize Theron, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Duplass, Ron Livingston, Elaine Tan) – Movie Review

Charlize Theron plays early middle-aged Marlo, a mother of three including, early in the movie, a newborn. Marlo is married to the nice but unengaged Drew (Ron Livingston), who spends his time in bed with […]

Apr, 26 · in Uncategorized

Green Fire *** (1954, Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly, Paul Douglas) – Classic Movie Review 6966

Director Andrew Marton’s 1954 MGM movie is a colourful South American romantic adventure yarn with Stewart Granger and Paul Douglas as emerald miners and Grace Kelly as a coffee plantation owner, who runs it with […]

Apr, 25

Madonna of the Seven Moons **** (1945, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Patricia Roc, Peter Glenville, John Stuart, Jean Kent, Dulcie Gray) – Classic Movie Review 6,965

Can we have your attention, please, for ‘The year’s strangest, most absorbing drama!’, the 1945 Gainsborough melodrama film Madonna of the Seven Moons, starring Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger and Patricia Roc. Director Arthur Crabtree’s engagingly florid 1944 British movie […]

Apr, 25

Avengers: Infinity War **** (2018, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans) – Movie Review

Simply put, directors Anthony and Joe Russo’s Infinity War (2018) is The Avengers and their allies versus one single super-villain Thanos, who needs a full collection of all six Infinity Stones to have the power to destroy the universe. The […]

Apr, 25

Waterloo Road **** (1945, John Mills, Stewart Granger, Alastair Sim, Joy Shelton, Jean Kent, Beatrice Varley, Alison Leggatt) – Classic Movie Review 6964

Director Sidney Gilliat’s 1945 British black and white wartime romantic drama movie Waterloo Road for Gainsborough Pictures stars John Mills as English soldier Jim Colter, who is called up to fight in World War Two. […]

Apr, 24

The Magic Bow ** (1946, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent, Dennis Price, Cecil Parker, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 6963

Director Bernard Knowles’s 1946 historical biographical music drama stars Stewart Granger, who unfortunately is hopelessly miscast and all at sea as the Italian violin virtuoso and composer Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840), who falls for the French […]

Apr, 24

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