Derek Winnert

Neds **** (2010, Conor McCarron, Peter Mullan, Greg Forrest, Joe Szula) – Classic Movie Review 3341

Director-writer Peter Mullan’s semi-autobiographical film – his third movie after Orphans (1998) and The Magdalene Sisters (2002) – is a real heart-breaker, and an incredibly tough-minded, harsh-toned one, with the whiff, nay stench of reality […]

Feb, 08 · in Reviews

Othello *** (1995, Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh, Irène Jacob) – Classic Movie Review 3340

Ideally cast Kenneth Branagh scores a triumph as the scheming villain Iago in this penny-plain, much-cut 1995 film version of the Shakespeare play of scheming and betrayal in 16th-century Venice. But, try as they might, […]

Feb, 08 · in Reviews

Othello **** (1965, Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Joyce Redman, Derek Jacobi, Michael Gambon) – Classic Movie Review 3,339

Stage director John Dexter’s legendary acclaimed Chichester Festival and National Theatre of Great Britain production of Othello is plainly transferred to film by director Stuart Burge, but it is nevertheless a compelling experience. It records […]

Feb, 08

Mermaids *** (1990, Cher, Bob Hoskins, Michael Schoeffling, Winona Ryder, Christina Ricci) – Classic Movie Review 3338

Director Richard Benjamin’s popular 1990 US comedy stars Cher as an eccentric single mother called Mrs Flax who, after yet another failed relationship, moves to a small Massachusetts town in 1963 with her precocious daughters Charlotte […]

Feb, 07

The Return of the Vampire *** (1943, Bela Lugosi, Matt Willis, Nina Foch, Frieda Inescort, Roland Varno, Miles Mander) – Classic Movie Review 3,337

‘Terrifying! Paralyzing! Horrifying!’ The 1943 American horror film The Return of the Vampire stars Bela Lugosi as a vampire named Armand Tesla, in an unofficial follow-up to the 1931 Dracula. Director Lew Landers’s 1943 American horror film […]

Feb, 07

When the Sky Falls **** (2000, Joan Allen, Gerard Flynn, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 3336

Director John Mackenzie’s first-rate 2000 thriller stars Joan Allen as Dublin reporter Sinead Hamilton, who dices with death to pursue the story of an evil crime boss (Gerard Flynn). The admirable Allen effortlessly carries this […]

Feb, 07

Dead Calm **** (1989, Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane) – Classic Movie Review 3335

Director Phillip Noyce’s brilliant 1989 Australian horror thriller Dead Calm stars Sam Neill and Nicole Kidman as a married couple called John and Rae Ingram, who are trying to recover from the tragic death of their son […]

Feb, 07

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