Derek Winnert

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A Man of No Importance **** (1994, Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker, Michael Gambon, Tara Fitzgerald, Rufus Sewell, Patrick Malahide, David Kelly) – Classic Movie Review 8,763

Albert Finney, Brenda Fricker and Michael Gambon star in the 1994 comedy drama film A Man of No Importance. Finney plays a closeted gay bus conductor in Dublin in 1963 who puts on Oscar Wilde […]

Jul, 27

Boy Erased **** (2018,Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe) – Movie Review

Writer-director Joel Edgerton’s biographical drama Boy Erased is based on a memoir by Garrard Conley about the conversion therapy of an American  gay teenager. It is a very good, very compelling film, all too real film, […]

Dec, 10

Deathtrap **** (1982, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth, Henry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 7811

Director Sidney Lumet’s 1982 hit Deathtrap is a hugely enjoyable film version of Ira Levin’s stage thriller, with Michael Caine as the has-been Broadway playwright Sidney Bruhl suffering from writer’s block who conceives one of his […]

Nov, 19

Bohemian Rhapsody ** (2018, Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Joseph Mazzello, Aiden Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy) – Movie Review

Bohemian Rhapsody is an interesting music biopic but it is troubled with hesitancies and uncertainties. Rami Malek proves a most interesting choice for the star part. He looks good and is ingratiating in the flamboyant […]

Oct, 26

Freak Show *** (2017, Alex Lawther, AnnaSophia Robb, Abigail Breslin, Bette Midler, John McEnroe) – Movie Review

Sweet, funny and saying all the right stuff really well. Director Trudie Styler’s Freak Show is sweet and funny, and says all the right stuff really well. Alex Lawther gives a brave and great performance in […]

Jul, 14

Love, Simon **** (2018, Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel) – Movie Review

‘Dear Moviegoers, Please form a line at concessions. It doesn’t have to be straight. Love, Simon.’ Here’s to you, Mr Robinson. Can a whole movie hang on its hero’s smile and charm? Yes, apparently it can. Nick […]

Mar, 30

It’s Only the End of the World [Juste la fin du monde] ** (2016, Gaspard Ulliel, Nathalie Baye, Vincent Cassel, Marion Cotillard, Léa Seydoux) – Movie Review

Gaspard Ulliel stars as young gay, terminally ill writer Louis, who returns home after a long time away of 12 years to re-connect (if possible) with his family and eventually tell them that he is […]

Feb, 22

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