Derek Winnert

The Green Room [La chambre verte] **** (1978, François Truffaut, Nathalie Baye, Jean Dasté) – Classic Movie Review 2297

Director François Truffaut casts himself as Julien Davenne, a provincial journalist in a little French town at the end of the 1920s. He’s an obituary writer obsessively looking back on the death of his wife Julie […]

Mar, 22 · in Reviews

The Ring Two **** (2005, Naomi Watts, David Dorfman, Sissy Spacek) – Classic Movie Review 2296

Sussex-born, Aussie-raised Naomi Watts returns to her star-making role – journalist Rachel Keller, in director Hideo Nakata’s sleek, super and scary 2005 sequel to the much milder 2002 surprise hit The Ring. It’s six months […]

Mar, 22 · in Reviews

The Ring *** (2002, Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox) – Classic Movie Review 2295

The 2002 horror movie The Ring stars Naomi Watts as journalist Rachel Keller who, while probing the death of her friend’s child, sees a videotape that brings death within a week to all who watch […]

Mar, 22

The Ring [Ringu] **** (1998, Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi) – Classic Movie Review 2294

Director Hideo Nakata’s 1998 seminal Japanese horror movie Ringu centres on an infamous mysterious killer videotape that is causing everyone who views it to die within a week. While probing the death of her friend’s […]

Mar, 21

Waltzes from Vienna *** (1933, Edmund Gwenn, Jessie Matthews, Fay Compton, Esmond Knight, Frank Vosper) – Classic Movie Review 2293

And now for something completely different from director Alfred Hitchcock, whose surprise 1933 movie tells the story of Johann Strauss the Elder and Johann Strauss the Younger. Isn’t this giving sons the same name as their […]

Mar, 21

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ***** (1925, Ramon Novarro, Francis X Bushman, May McAvoy) – Classic Movie Review 2292

Director Fred Niblo’s glorious 1925 silent movie masterpiece of General Lew Wallace’s bestselling 1880 novel is an all-time film classic. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ stars Ramon Novarro as Judah Ben-Hur, the head of a […]

Mar, 21

Barabbas **** (1961, Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, Jack Palance, Valentina Cortese, Katy Jurado) – Classic Movie Review 2,291

The exciting and inspirational 1961 biblical epic film Barabbas stars Anthony Quinn in a sterling performance as the robber-killer Barabbas, who is replaced on the cross by Jesus Christ and is spared crucifixion. Director Richard […]

Mar, 21

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