Derek Winnert

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ***** (2001, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen) – Classic Film Review 26

The Fellowship of the Ring is the must-see first part of the £300 million adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s magic fantasy adventure trilogy of novels, The Lord of the Rings. In a huge financial […]

Jul, 06 · in Reviews

Citizen Kane ***** (1941, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Erskine Sanford) – Classic Movie Review 25

Citizen Kane (1941) is the cinema’s Hamlet. All that has to be done to defend it against attacks from the philistines is to screen it as often as possible to the young, the curious, the […]

Jul, 06 · in Reviews

Chinatown ***** (1974, Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski) – Classic Movie Review 24

Roman Polanski’s 1974 neo-film noir detective movie Chinatown, set in a wonderfully realised 1937 Los Angeles, is beyond brilliant. Robert Towne won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Director Roman Polanski and writer Robert Towne’s […]

Jul, 06

The Servant ***** (1963, Dirk Bogarde, James Fox, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig) – Classic Movie Review 23

James Fox was 23 when he starred with Dirk Bogarde in this Sixties movie masterwork, The Servant (1963), lovingly spruced up, digitally restored and re-released for its 50th birthday in 2013. It is in perfect […]

Jul, 06

The Matrix ***** (1999, Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Gloria Foster) – Classic Movie Review 22

After a five-year gap in hits since his blockbuster Speed in 1994, Keanu Reeves makes his mega-movie comeback as a thrilling action hero in this awesome, stunningly exciting, amazingly imaginative and intelligent, hi-tech, high-energy sci-fi […]

Jul, 06

Get Carter ***** (1971, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland) – Classic Movie Review 21

The top-notch 1971 British noir gangster thriller stars Michael Caine in one of his best roles as Jack Carter, a London-based crook who travels to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother’s murder.  Based on […]

Jul, 05

Alien ***** (1979, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto) – Classic Movie Review 20

Ridley Scott’s nail-biting, astonishing-looking 1979 sci-fi thriller Alien is a masterpiece of shocks, scares and suspense. It is infamous now, of course, for its terrifying monster that grows in crewman John Hurt’s stomach. The nasty […]

Jul, 05

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