Derek Winnert

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The Sound of Music ***** (1965, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Daniel Truhitte, Nicholas Hammond, Richard Haydn, Anna Lee) – Classic Movie Review 57

The hills are alive… Is this the world’s most popular musical? Maybe it is! The Tony award-winner for Best Musical became the Oscar-winner for Best Film. The original Broadway production opened in November 1959 and […]

Jul, 17

Roman Holiday ***** (1953, Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn) – Classic Movie Review 44

This delicious 1953 triple-Oscar-winning confection, restored and reissued for its 60th anniversary in 2013, stars Gregory Peck but now is better known as a beloved Audrey Hepburn classic. She’s credited after the title as ‘introducing […]

Jul, 12

The Talented Mr Ripley ****½ (1999, Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, James Rebhorn, Jack Davenport) – Classic Movie Review 41

With more subtlety, more noir, and an entirely different ending, the 1999 film The Talented Mr Ripley would be 100% brilliant. As it is, it’s still quite entrancing and mesmerising, with a dazzling cast pitch […]

Jul, 10

Gone with the Wind ***** (1939, Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Hattie McDaniel) – Classic Movie Review 29

Set against a powerfully etched, turbulent American Civil War background, producer David O Selznick’s wonderful, searing, soaring 1939 romantic epic Gone with the Wind sees Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at their most attractive and charismatic […]

Jul, 07

Singin’ in the Rain ***** (1952, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor, Millard Mitchell, Jean Hagen, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse) – Classic Movie Review 6

Hooray for the 1952 triumph Singin’ in the Rain, most everybody’s favourite, all-time great musical, with treasurable songs, a brilliantly witty sense of humour, a vibrant insider’s sense of the cinema and a clutch of […]

Jun, 27

Warm Bodies **** (2013, Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco) – Movie Review

‘Who says romance is dead?’ Based on the debut novel by Isaac Marion, the surprisingly appealing 2013 zom-rom-com Warm Bodies is loads better than expected. Intended for the slightly smarter, older end of the Twilight […]

Jun, 18

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