Derek Winnert

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In the Bleak Midwinter **** (1995, Michael Maloney, Richard Briers, Joan Collins, Jennifer Saunders, Celia Imrie) – Classic Movie Review 2185

Writer-director Kenneth Branagh’s 1995 movie is a beautifully realised, funny, perceptive comedy drama look at the British thespian game. In Branagh’s story, a resting, out of work actor called Joe Harper (Michael Maloney) battles to stage a […]

Feb, 18

Vera Drake ***** (2004, Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan) – Classic Movie Review 1872

Award-winning Imelda Staunton is a revelation as Vera Drake, a cheery Fifties London cleaner, who has a secret life ‘helping young girls out’ as an abortionist. Performing an abortion is illegal in England at the […]

Nov, 23

Nanny McPhee **** (2005, Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton) – Classic Movie Review 1834

Emma Thompson and Colin Firth star in director Kirk Jones’s delightful, magical 2005 family fantasy comedy film Nanny McPhee, with expert performances and a super wicked sense of humour. Thompson stars as a Mary Poppins-style […]

Nov, 12

Pride **** (2014, Bill Nighy, Andrew Scott, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine, George MacKay) – Movie Review

Pride is a sweet, funny and vital film, successfully making a popular comedy drama entertainment out of a deadly serious subject as British gay activists work to help the miners during their lengthy strike in the summer of […]

Sep, 11

Chicken Run ***** (2000, voice of Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, Phil Daniels, Timothy Spall) – Classic Movie Review 1,558

Producer/story-writer/directors Nick Park and Peter Lord’s adorable 2000 Aardman film feature-length animation film Chicken Run stars the voice of Mel Gibson as Rocky Rhodes, the Rhode Island rooster. This lovely, adorable, delightfully funny smash-hit British animated […]

Aug, 17

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix **** (2007, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter, Imelda Staunton) – Classic Movie Review 1130

The 2007 fifth Harry Potter film, directed by David Yates and written by Michael Goldenberg, follows Harry’s fifth year at Hogwarts as the Ministry of Magic is in denial of Lord Voldemort’s return. It’s satisfyingly dark […]

Apr, 21

Shakespeare in Love ***** (1998, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush) – Classic Movie Review 291

Written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, and directed by John Madden, the delightful, carefree 1998 fantasy romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love is jam packed with amusing puns and clever play-on-words. It is spun around […]

Oct, 17

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