Derek Winnert

Dial M for Murder ***** (1954, Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams, Anthony Dawson) – Classic Movie Review 82

Alfred Hitchcock devises in 1954 what could be studied at film schools as a template for how to film a hit theatre play. Taking only 36 days to film it, Hitchcock transforms Frederick Knott’s once-famous 1952 single-set […]

Jul, 23 · in Reviews

The Usual Suspects ***** (1995, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite) – Classic Movie Review 81

A legendary cast lights up the electrifying, brilliantly teasing 1995 crime thriller film The Usual Suspects, packed to overflowing with intrigue and tension throughout. Kevin Spacey swept to stardom and his 1996 Best Supporting Actor […]

Jul, 22 · in Reviews

Schindler’s List ***** (1995, Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes) – Classic Film Review 80

With a total of 12 nominations, Schindler’s List won seven Oscars in 1995, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, original score and art direction. After three nominations, Hollywood’s greatest living storyteller Steven Spielberg […]

Jul, 22

Memento ***** (2000, Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano) – Classic Movie Review 79

‘I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.’ – Leonard Shelby. Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s breathless, ultra-gripping and incredibly smartly handled 2000 mystery thriller Memento is unique and dazzling. […]

Jul, 21

Ben-Hur ***** (1959, Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith) – Classic Movie Review 78

Unfortunately, this incredibly popular and sincere 1959 remake of the 1925 Ramon Novarro silent epic Ben-Hur about the conflict of the Jews and the Romans at the time of Christ just plain hasn’t aged too […]

Jul, 21

Titanic **** (1997, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Bernard Hill, Suzy Amis, Frances Fisher, David Warner) – Classic Movie Review 77

‘I’m the king of the world.’ Leonardo DiCaprio gets that sinking feeling as his shipboard love for Kate Winslet hits the rocks in this mesmerising blockbuster. Writer-producer-director James Cameron’s romantic disaster movie reputedly cost a […]

Jul, 21

All About Eve ***** (1950, Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Marilyn Monroe, Gary Merrill, Hugh Marlowe, Thelma Ritter) – Classic Movie Review 76

‘Fasten your seatbelts, it’s going to be a bumpy night’ – Margo Channing. Writer-director Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1950 American drama film All About Eve stars Bette Davis as aging Broadway star Margo Channing and Anne Baxter as ambitious […]

Jul, 21

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