Derek Winnert

King Rat **** (1965, George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, John Mills, Denholm Elliott, James Donald) – Classic Movie Review 2422

George Segal makes the most of one his best opportunities as the unscrupulous wheeler-dealing American fast-talker Corporal King, in Bryan Forbes’s excellent, well-crafted 1965 film King Rat. After Paul Newman and Steve McQueen turned the […]

Apr, 24 · in Reviews

Rigor Mortis [Geung si] *** (2013, Anthony Chan, Siu-Ho Chin, Fat Chung) – Movie Review

A whole eerie supernatural world of spooks is unleashed as a creepy, semi-dilapidated Hong Kong public housing tower block is plunged into nightmarish chaos when a depressed actor (Siu-Ho Chin) takes a grungy flat there […]

Apr, 24 · in Reviews

Slow West **** (2015, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius) – Movie Review

Kodi Smit-McPhee stars in writer and director John Maclean’s 2015 Western film Slow West as a 16-year-old Scots boy called Jay who journeys across 19th-century frontier America in search of the girl he loves. Michael […]

Apr, 24

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence *** (2014, Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Viktor Gyllenberg) – Movie Review

You can tell this film is going to get irritating and wear out the novelty of own its welcome just from the title. Writer-director Roy Andersson’s film opens with three short stories about bizarre deaths. This […]

Apr, 24

The Falling **** (2014, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh, Maxine Peake, Greta Scacchi) – Movie Review

The Falling is a unique and special British movie, teasing and haunting. Writer-director Carol Morley’s film is set in a well-constructed 1969 atmosphere at a strict English girls’ school where among the pupils are a couple of […]

Apr, 24

The Emperor’s New Clothes *** (2015, Russell Brand) – Movie Review

Perhaps atoning for the Andrew Sachs scandal, Russell Brand does a full Michael Moore, taking to the streets, banks, schools and houses, and thoroughly enjoying a 100-minute rant against bankers and Conservatives in this nimble feature […]

Apr, 22

Avengers: Age of Ultron **** (2015, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner) – Movie Review

Writer-director Joss Whedon’s awesome Avengers sequel is a seamless technical triumph, transferring the adored comic book to the screen with astounding visuals, fabulous action and of course great characters and stars. It’s a huge credit […]

Apr, 22

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