Derek Winnert

Very Important Person [A Coming-Out Party] *** (1961, James Robertson Justice, Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips, Eric Sykes, Richard Wattis) – Classic Movie Review 9,664

Stanley Baxter, Leslie Phillips and Eric Sykes are on funny form in the zesty, entertaining 1961 British comedy Very Important Person [A Coming-Out Party]. The super vintage Brit laughter-raisers are on funny form, especially Stanley […]

Apr, 22 · in Reviews

The Van *** (1996, Colm Meaney, Donal O’Kelly, Ger Ryan) – Classic Movie Review 9663

Director Stephen Frears follows up The Snapper (1993) with his lesser but still enjoyable 1996 film The Van, based on Roddy Doyle’s novel The Van, the third in his Barrytown Trilogy. The film stars Colm […]

Apr, 22 · in Reviews

The Snapper **** (1993, Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe) Classic Movie Review 9662

A close-knit Dublin family adjusts to the news that the eldest daughter, 20-year old Sharon Curley, is pregnant but will not name the father, in director Stephen Frears’s 1993 BBC Screen Two film The Snapper. […]

Apr, 22

A Murder of Quality ** (1991, Denholm Elliott, Joss Ackland, Glenda Jackson, Billie Whitelaw, David Threlfall, Ronald Pickup) – Classic Movie Review 9,661

George Smiley (Denholm Elliott) is asked by his wartime intelligence colleague, Ailsa Brimley (Glenda Jackson), to investigate a letter from a junior master’s wife at an English boys’ school, saying her husband is planning to […]

Apr, 22

Smiley’s People **** (1982, Alec Guinness, Eileen Atkins, Bill Paterson, Patrick Stewart) – Classic Movie Review 9660

Director Simon Langton’s 1982 TV mini-series Smiley’s People is the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1979 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which this time has a surprisingly thin plot (at least for this running time of […]

Apr, 21

Smiley *** (1956, Colin Petersen, Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty) – Classic Movie Review 9,659

Colin Petersen, aged nine, stars as cheeky Smiley Greevins in the entertaining 1956 comedy drama film Smiley. He later became a drummer and an equal partner in the Bee Gees. Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1956 comedy […]

Apr, 21

A Cry from the Streets ** (1958, Max Bygraves, Barbara Murray, Colin Petersen, Dana Wilson) – Classic Movie Review 9658

Director Lewis Gilbert’s 1957 A Cry from the Streets stars amiable singer-star (and briefly film actor) Max Bygraves, who ignores the best advice and works with children in this simple tale about a child welfare […]

Apr, 20

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