Derek Winnert

Greyfriars Bobby *** (2005, James Cosmo, Christopher Lee) – Classic Movie Review 1448

Greyfriars Bobby was a Skye terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for supposedly spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872. Remaking and reworking Walt […]

Jul, 19 · in Articles

Greyfriars Bobby **** (1960, Donald Crisp, Laurence Naismith, Andrew Cruickshank) – Classic Movie Review 1447

It’s Scotland in 1865, and Old Jock (Alex Mackenzie), an ancient, kind-hearted shepherd man, is fired by his callous employees and is followed by his cute wee Skye terrier doggie when he heads for the […]

Jul, 18 · in Articles

Grey Owl **** (1999, Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Graham Greene, Renée Asherson, Stephanie Cole) – Classic Movie Review 1446

Pierce Brosnan is first-rate as a Native American imposter in director Richard Attenborough’s good-hearted, unfairly overlooked 1999 adventure and true story biopic. Writer William Nicholson’s screenplay makes a really good, fascinating thing out of the unusual story […]

Jul, 18

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines **** (2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes) – Classic Movie Review 1445

Director Jonathan Mostow’s 2003 sci-fi action thriller blockbuster is fast, furious and funny. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s back for a third time with a loaded arsenal of weapons and a full deck of witty one-liners. T3 sees him […]

Jul, 18

The Tailor of Panama *** (2001, Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis) – Classic Movie Review 1439

Co-writer/director John Boorman’s 2001 thriller The Tailor of Panama stars Pierce Brosnan as Andy Osnard, a British spy in Panama who employs the services of a well-connected Cockney tailor (Geoffrey Rush) to relay sensitive information […]

Jul, 17

Grand Central *** (2013, Tahar Rahim, Léa Seydoux, Olivier Gourmet, Denis Ménochet) – Movie Review

Tahar Rahim stars in Grand Central (2013) as unskilled young worker Gary Manda, who takes the only job he can as a decontamination operative at a lower Rhone valley nuclear power plant. Olivier Gourmet and […]

Jul, 17

I Am Divine *** (2013, Glenn Milstead) – Movie Review

The 2013 documentary feature film I Am Divine offers a poignant, insightful portrait of the drag queen, gay icon and cinematic muse of film director John Waters, the late, great Glenn Milstead. It’s a thoroughly […]

Jul, 17

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