Derek Winnert

Fill the Void – Film Review

Israel’s submission for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 85th Academy Awards 2013 is a beautifully handled story about a devout 18-year-old Israeli girl who is subtly but firmly pressured by her mother to marry the […]

Dec, 13 · in Reviews

Marathon Man ***** (1976, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence) – Classic Movie Review 515

Director John Schlesinger’s 1976 thriller about a postgraduate student who runs for his life when he gets mixed up in the pursuit of a Nazi war criminal makes for an ultra-tense, suspenseful and thrilling movie. It […]

Dec, 13 · in Reviews

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban **** (2004, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman) – Classic Movie Review 514

Michael Gambon has task of taking over from the late Richard Harris as the Hogwarts headmaster, Professor Albus Dumbledore, in the 2004 second sequel film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  The kids all […]

Dec, 13

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets **** (2002, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh, Jason Isaacs) – Classic Movie Review 513

Chris Columbus stays on as director for the second Harry Potter film in 2002. Young wizard Daniel Radcliffe and his pals Rupert Grint and Emma Watson go back for a new term at the eerie […]

Dec, 13

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] **** (2001, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman) – Classic Movie Review 512

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone] is the very first Harry Potter movie! Director Chris Columbus’s 2001 film version of J K Rowling’s 1997 story about the schoolboy with […]

Dec, 13

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ***** (2004, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Mark Ruffalo, Kirsten Dunst) – Classic Movie Review 511

My funny Valentine! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a brilliant art movie in the mainstream. Jim Carrey goes all posh and serious in director Michel Gondry’s clever and dazzling if a shade baffling […]

Dec, 13

Miss Congeniality ***½ (2000, Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen) – Classic Movie Review 510

Sandra Bullock sparkles in director Donald Petrie’s 2000 congenial comedy in an ideal role as tough and scruffy FBI agent Gracie Hart. She’s forced by the FBI to go undercover and take part in the […]

Dec, 13

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