Derek Winnert

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A Question of Attribution **** (1991, James Fox, Prunella Scales, David Calder, Geoffrey Palmer) – Classic Movie Review 9270

‘Awfully able man, that’s the tragedy of it.’ A Question of Attribution (1991) is a careful and opulent transfer to film by director John Schlesinger of Alan Bennett’s witty and wise one-act play, with most […]

Jan, 16

I See Ice **** (1938, George Formby, Kay Walsh, Betty Stockfield, Cyril Ritchard, Garry Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 3819

Writer-director Anthony Kimmins cashes in on the popular of ice-skating in 1938 and casts iconic ukulele player and movie star George Formby as a props man in an ice ballet company, ironically called George Bright. […]

Jun, 08

The King’s Speech ***** (2010, Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter) – Classic Movie Review 3,311

A whole film about stuttering? Well, put that way, maybe not, thank you. The King’s Speech is, well, rotten. But not the movie, his actual speech. The movie’s astounding. So absolutely, yes please! It’s the […]

Feb, 01

Youth **** (2015, Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, Jane Fonda) – Movie Review

It’s the 82-year-old Michael Caine’s best role and best piece of serious acting in years, triumphing over risky and weirdly eccentric casting against type as retired classical composer and orchestra conductor Fred Ballinger. He is enjoying a Swiss […]

Dec, 21

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