Derek Winnert

The Europeans **** (1979, Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Woodward, Lisa Eichhorn, Norman Snow) – Classic Movie Review 1,685

James Ivory’s 1979 romantic drama movie The Europeans is one of his most polished masterworks. Lee Remick, Robin Ellis, Wesley Addy, Tim Woodward and Lisa Eichhorn are ideal stars. Director James Ivory’s 1979 romantic drama […]

Sep, 19 · in Reviews

Grand Piano *** (2014, Elijah Wood, John Cusack) – Movie Review

The small but perfectly formed Elijah Wood (5ft 6in) stars as Tom Selznick. a classical concert pianist who suffers from stage fright who is making his big comeback performance after five years away. Moments before he starts […]

Sep, 18 · in Reviews

A Walk Among the Tombstones *** (2014, Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens) – Movie Review

Liam Neeson (aged 62) may be too Irish, and perhaps a shade too old too, to play Philip Marlowe, which he’d otherwise be ideal for. But he’s found a decent substitute in private investigator Matthew ‘Matt’ […]

Sep, 18

The Riot Club ** (2014, Sam Claflin, Douglas Booth, Max Irons) – Movie Review

Two first-year students at Oxford University are invited to join the infamous elite Riot Club, where they say witty things like ‘I’m sick to f**king death of poor people’ and reputations are made or destroyed in a […]

Sep, 18

Magic in the Moonlight ** (2014, Colin Firth, Emma Stone, Marcia Gay Harden) – Movie Review

Colin Firth in a Woody Allen movie? Great! That’s the good news. Colin Firth stars as Stanley, a bitchy renowned professional stage magician working as Wei Ling Soo, who plans to uncover the truth behind celebrated […]

Sep, 17

The Bostonians **** (1984, Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter) – Classic Movie Review 1684

Director James Ivory’s literate and civilised 1984 drama stars Vanessa Redgrave, who is ideally cast and on her best form as Henry James’s strong-willed Victorian heroine, Boston feminist Olive Chancellor. Everything runs perfectly smoothly in this […]

Sep, 17

The Boston Strangler **** (1968, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 1683

  Director Richard Fleischer’s 1968 follow-up to his real-life thriller Compulsion is a documentary-style thriller about the capture of a real-life 60s serial killer. It showcases a riveting tour-de-force performance by a heavily made-up, only semi-recognisable Tony Curtis […]

Sep, 17

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