Derek Winnert

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Walk the Line **** (2005, Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin) – Classic Movie Review 712

Following the trail blazed by Ray (2004), director James Mangold’s entertaining, informative and involving 2005 biopic of troubled country music legend Johnny Cash boasts an ace impersonation and a great performance by Oscar-nominated Best Actor […]

Jan, 18

Meet Joe Black **** (1998, Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani) – Classic Movie Review 688

Based on the 1934 Fredric March film Death Takes a Holiday, director Martin Brest’s sumptuous, wildly romantic drama from 1998 was said to have gone $30million over budget and cost an astonishing $90million. Brad Pitt […]

Jan, 18

Pride & Prejudice **** (2005, Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Tom Hollander, Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Simon Woods) – Classic Movie Review 706

Keira Knightley makes a lovely job of her posh role as Elizabeth Bennet, proud heroine of this first movie of Jane Austen’s classic since the Hollywood Pride and Prejudice in 1940 with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. […]

Jan, 16

Human Traffic **** (1999, John Simm, Justin Kerrigan, Danny Dyer) – Classic Movie Review 686

The 25-year-old Welshman Justin Kerrigan’s notable, eye-catching writer-director debut in 1999 looked like an industry calling card, but he didn’t make another movie till 2008’s I Know You Know. John Simm stars and gives a […]

Jan, 14

40 Days and 40 Nights ** (2002, Josh Hartnett, Shannyn Sossamon, Paulo Costanzo) – Classic Movie Review 667

Josh Hartnett stars in 2002 as Matt Sullivan, in a smutty, witless teen romantic comedy drama. He’s a San Francisco likely lad who goes through hell and high water trying to stay celibate for 40 […]

Jan, 10

Leave Her to Heaven ***** (1945, Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman) – Classic Movie Review 663

Oscar-nominated Gene Tierney is enthralling as a crazy young socialite called Ellen Berent in John M Stahl’s film noir thriller Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Capturing the eye and the emotions at the height of […]

Jan, 10

Lucky Number Slevin **** (2006, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci) – Classic Movie Review 647

Mr Goodkat: ‘Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest in Monte Carlo and came in third. That’s a story.’ Just the right, cultish cast is assembled for the tough and brilliant 2006 thriller […]

Jan, 07

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