Derek Winnert

Matilda **** (1996, Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Pam Ferris, Embeth Daviditz) – Classic Movie Review 1650

Producer/director/star Danny DeVito’s 1996 children’s movie is a splendidly dark, colourful and inspiring family comedy based on the Roald Dahl classic story. Mara Wilson is stupendous as the extremely gifted little girl Matilda Wormwood who […]

Sep, 07 · in Reviews

MouseHunt **** (1997, Lee Evans, Nathan Lane, Christopher Walken) – Classic Movie Review 1649

  Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski’s 1997 farcical comedy is a total hoot, with a highly amusing and inventive screenplay by Alan Rifkin. Lee Evans and Nathan Lane are well cast as daft brothers […]

Sep, 07 · in Reviews

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner **** (1962, Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave, James Fox) Classic Movie Review 1,648

Tom Courtenay stars as a reform school boy who sets out to humble the upper-class governor (Michael Redgrave), in the vital British Sixties new wave film The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Producer-director Tony […]

Sep, 07

The Sailor from Gibraltar *** (1967, Jeanne Moreau, Vanessa Redgrave, Ian Bannen) – Classic Movie Review 1644

Jeanne Moreau stars as nymphomaniac mysterious widow Anna, who wanders the waves in search of her dreamboat sailor she had known many years before. She comes across troubled British couple Alan and his girlfriend Sheila (Ian […]

Sep, 07

The Mouse on the Moon **** (1963, Margaret Rutherford, David Kossoff, Bernard Cribbins, Terry-Thomas, Ron Moody, June Ritchie) – Classic Movie Review 1647

Director Richard Lester’s 1963 satirical comedy sequel to 1959’s The Mouse that Roared has major cast and crew changes but is thankfully still very funny, delightful and often hilarious. Sadly, there is no Peter Sellers […]

Sep, 07

The Mouse That Roared **** (1959, Peter Sellers, Leo McKern, David Kossoff) – Classic Movie Review 1,646

Jack Arnold’s delightful, often hilarious British 1959 satirical comedy film The Mouse That Roared showcases three tailor-made roles for Peter Sellers. Director Jack Arnold’s delightful, often hilarious British 1959 satirical comedy film The Mouse That […]

Sep, 07

Sailor of the King *** (1953, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller, Bernard Lee, Peter Van Eyck, Victor Maddern) – Classic Movie Review 1645

Director Roy Boulting’s 1953 Second World War-set Royal Navy yarn Sailor of the King, cut from the same cloth as a thousand other wartime adventures, spins the proficient tale of eager young rookie Signalman Brown […]

Sep, 07

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