Derek Winnert

Sense and Sensibility ***** (1995, Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Alan Rickman, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones, Elizabeth Spriggs, Robert Hardy) – Classic Film Review 440

Director Ang Lee’s 1995 film was another triumph for him, both critically and at the box office, as well as at awards time. It won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture and the Bafta […]

Nov, 23 · in Reviews

Emma ***** (1996, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Ewan McGregor, Phyllida Law, Sophie Thompson, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi) – Classic Movie Review 439

Gwyneth Paltrow as the endlessly interfering Emma Woodhouse and Jeremy Northam as her eventual true love Mr Knightley are splendid in what had been the long awaited film of Jane Austen’s dazzlingly brilliant novel. The […]

Nov, 23 · in Reviews

Romeo and Juliet ***** (1968, Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York, Pat Heywood, Milo O’Shea, John McEnery, Robert Stephens) – Classic Movie Review 437

Franco Zeffirelli’s double-Oscar winning 1968 version of William Shakespeare’s classic romantic tragedy play Romeo and Juliet is a gorgeous and glorious affair. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey inhabit their title characters beautifully. Director Franco Zeffirelli’s […]

Nov, 23

William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet ***** (1996, Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo) – Classic Movie Review 438

Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the star-crossed lovers and touch the heart in a glorious pop-video age version of the ever-popular William Shakespeare classic play. Director Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 delight is an utterly exhilarating, […]

Nov, 23

Moulin Rouge **** (2001, Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo) – Classic Movie Review 436

Fancy a musical? Come to that, fancy Ewan McGregor or Nicole Kidman? All three are here in this 2001 firecracker as you’ve never seen them before, all-singing, all-dancing in an outrageously flamboyant show set in […]

Nov, 22

Shrek ***** (voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz) – Classic Movie Review 435

Once upon a time, there was an ornery green ogre named Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers), who lives in a swamp. His nice quiet life is invaded first by a motor-mouth donkey (Eddie Murphy), then […]

Nov, 22

Shrek 2 ***** (voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz) – Classic Movie Review 434

Hilarious, inventive and truly inspired, Shrek 2 (2004) is that rarest of gems, a sequel that’s even better than a very fine original, Shrek (2001). Cartoon ogre Shrek and his new bride, Princess Fiona, visit […]

Nov, 21

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