Derek Winnert

What Richard Did ***½ (2012, Jack Reynor, Fionn Walton, Gavin Drea, Patrick Gibson, Liana O’Cleirigh, Róisín Murphy) – Movie Review

Jack Reynor stars in his breakout performance as Richard Karlsen, head of his privileged set of South Dublin teenagers, in director Lenny (Leonard) Abrahamson’s quietly devastating 2012 Irish drama. In the summer between the end […]

Apr, 13 · in Reviews

Chimes at Midnight [Falstaff, Chimes at Midnight] ****½ (1965, Orson Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Keith Baxter, Margaret Rutherford) – Classic Movie Review 2384

Writer-director-star Orson Welles finally realises a long-cherished pet project in 1965 in grand style with a little help from his friends John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Keith Baxter and Margaret Rutherford– a film of his stage […]

Apr, 12 · in Reviews

Julius Caesar **** (1953, John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Deborah Kerr, Edmond O’Brien) – Classic Movie Review 2,383

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s fine 1953 Hollywood film of Shakespeare’s Roman play Julius Caesar assembles a grand line-up of real actors in John Gielgud, Marlon Brando, James Mason, Louis Calhern and Edmond O’Brien. Writer-director Joseph L […]

Apr, 12

Viva Zapata! **** (1952, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn) – Classic Movie Review 2382

Buried under a big moustache and a big hat, Marlon Brando may be very oddly, indeed uncomfortably, cast as the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in director Elia Kazan’s 1952 historical drama biopic. But nevertheless Brando […]

Apr, 12

Barefoot in the Park **** (1967, Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Charles Boyer, Mildred Natwick) – Classic Movie Review 2,381

Happily and delightfully, the 1967 comedy film Barefoot in the Park preserves the star pairing of the young Jane Fonda and Robert Redford for ever. ‘Paul, I think I’m gonna be a lousy wife. But […]

Apr, 12

Bypass *** (2014, George MacKay, Benjamin Dilloway, Arabella Arnott, Chanel Cresswell, Matt Cross) – Movie Review

George MacKay stars as the much troubled Tim, who is both a good kid and a criminal to survive in writer-director Duane Hopkins’s northern British thriller drama. The film is bravely grim and bleak but it is […]

Apr, 12

Carry On Columbus (1992, Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, June Whitfield, Leslie Phillips, Maureen Lipman, Julian Clary, Rik Mayall, Jack Douglas, Jon Pertwee, Peter Gilmore) – Classic Movie Review 2380

In 1992 Gerald Thomas directs the 30th and final Carry On movie after a 14-year gap since Carry On Emmannuelle in 1978. Dave Freeman’s naff script for this reunion film bears a remarkable resemblance to […]

Apr, 12

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