Derek Winnert

The Millionairess ** (1960, Sophia Loren, Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim) – Classic Movie Review 1,804

Anthony Asquith’s 1960 British romantic comedy film The Millionairess has the huge virtue of bringing together Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers on screen. Director Anthony Asquith’s 1960 British romantic comedy film The Millionairess may be less […]

Nov, 06 · in Reviews

Oliver! ***** (1968, Mark Lester, Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Jack Wild, Oliver Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1809

Consider yourself well in! Director Carol Reed was the son of actor-producer Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his mistress, May Pinney Reed. He embarked on an acting career while still in his late teens, followed […]

Nov, 05 · in Reviews

Our Man in Havana **** (1959, Alec Guinness, Noël Coward, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives) – Classic Movie Review 1808

Director Carol Reed’s 1959 thriller finds the ideal fit in Alec Guinness, who is perfectly cast as Jim Wormold, the meek vacuum cleaner salesman in Havana, in this delightful film of one of Graham Greene’s […]

Nov, 05

Odd Man Out ***** (1946, James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack) – Classic Movie Review 1807

Director Carol Reed’s moody, impeccably crafted 1946 British thriller showcases one of James Mason’s most renowned performances as Johnny McQueen, an IRA Irish nationalist leader gunman who commits a failed mill robbery in Belfast, kills […]

Nov, 05

The Way Ahead **** (1944, David Niven, Stanley Holloway, James Donald) – Classic Movie Review 1806

Director Carol Reed’s 1944 World War Two morale-boosting drama The Way Ahead is adapted from Eric Ambler’s story in an excellent, rousing screenplay by himself and future two-time Oscar-winning actor Peter Ustinov (Spartacus, Topkapi). Reed […]

Nov, 05

The Others **** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Eric Sykes) – Classic Movie Review 1805

A highly impressive Nicole Kidman lights up writer-director Alejandro Amenábar’s really eerie 2001 chiller. She plays a mother trying to care for her two light-sensitive children Anne and Nicholas (Alakina Mann, James Bentley) in a […]

Nov, 05

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion *** (2001, Woody Allen, Helen Hunt) – Classic Movie Review 1803

Writer-director-star Woody Allen’s carefree 2001 comedy is fun up to a point, with enough funny gags and amusing situations to keep the mood happy and the movie likeable. In the daft, nostalgic yarn, Allen plays […]

Nov, 04

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