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"THE FOUR FEATHERS" (1939) Review

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"THE FOUR FEATHERS" (1939) Review

There have been seven versions of A.E.W. Mason’s 1902 novel, "The Four Feathers". At least three of them were silent films. In 1939, British producer Alexander Korda released the first sound adaptation of the novel. This version was also the first one to be filmed in color. Directed da Korda’s brother, Zoltan Korda, "THE FOUR FEATHERS" starred John Clements, June Duprez, Ralph Richardson and C. Aubrey Smith.

Not only was this version of ”THE FOUR FEATHERS” the first to feature both sound and color, it is regarded da many as the best adaptation of Mason’s...

"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

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"BLANCHE FURY" (1948) Review

I suspect that many fan of costume dramas would be fascinated to know about the series of period dramas released da the British film industry during the post-World War II era. A good number of those films were released da a British film studio known as Gainsborough Pictures. But not all of them were released through this particular studio. Some were released through other studios o production companies . . . like the 1948 period drama, "BLANCHE FURY".

Based upon the 1939 novel written da Marjorie Bowen (under the pseudonym of Joseph Stearling), "BLANCHE FURY" told...

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"THE WAY WE LIVE NOW" (2001) Review

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"THE WAY WE LIVE NOW" (2001) Review

Some thirteen years ago, the BBC aired "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW", a four-part Televisione adaptation of Anthony Trollope's 1875 novel. Adapted da Andrew Davies and directed da David Yates, the miniseries starred David Suchet, Shirley Henderson and Matthew Macfadyen.

"THE WAY WE LIVE NOW" told the story of a Central European financier's impact upon upper-crust British society during the Victorian era. Augustus Melmotte arrives in Londra with his secondo wife and his daughter, Marie in the 1870s. Not long after his arrival, Melmotte announces a new scheme to finance...

"A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" (1958) Review

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"A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" (1958) Review

There have been many versions about the April 1912 sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic. Many versions. And I have personally seen at least five of them. One of them happened to be the 1958 movie, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER".

Directed da Roy Ward Baker, "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" is based upon historian Walter Lord's 1955 book about the historical sinking. Since the 1958 movie was based upon a historical book instead of a novel, Baker, producer William MacQuitty and screenwriter Eric Ambler approached the film's plot in a semi-documentary style. Even the movie's leading character...

"SOME LIKE IT HOT" (1959) Review

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"SOME LIKE IT" (1959) Review

It has been called one of the greatest film comedies of all time . . . and possibly the greatest. Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy, "SOME LIKE IT HOT" has been the topic of many libri and documentaries on both Hollywood and the director's career. I have seen the movie più times than I can remember. And for the first time, I have decided to publicize my feelings on it.

Directed da Billy Wilder and co-written da him and I.A.L. Diamond, "SOME LIKE IT HOT" is a remake of a 1935 French film called "FANFARE D'AMOUR", which was based upon a story da Robert Thoeren and Michael...

"THE IMITATION GAME" (2014) Review

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"THE IMITATION GAME" (2014) Review

One of the più critically acclaimed Film to recently hit the movie screens was "THE IMITATION GAME", a loose adaptation of the 1983 biography, "Alan Turing: The Enigma". The movie focused upon the efforts of British cryptanalyst, Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence codes for the British government during World War II.

I never saw "THE IMITATION GAME" while it was in the theaters during the winter of 2014-2015. After seeing it on DVD, I regret ever ignoring it in the first place. Then again, I was ignoring a good number of films during that year....

And then there were none (2015): a review

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Stars: 5/5

Plot: A group of people is lured into coming to an island under different pretexts. All have been complicit in the death(s) of other human beings but either escaped justice o committed an act that was not subject to legal sanction. The guests and servants are charged with their respective crimes da a gramophone recording after cena the first night and informed that they have been brought to the island to pay for their actions and one da one are starting to die in a manner that seems to parallel the ten deaths in the nursery rhyme.

The nursery rhyme: link

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Poldark Revisited

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Well if te haven’t already guessed o heard there is going to be be a new version of Poldark and no only that but BBC has already casted the Irish actor, Aidan Turner (The Hobbit) as Ross Poldark. This is not a rumor!

Just needs to add the scar and he’s away!

I just hope that he can play it too, because Robin Ellis was like one hell of a Ross Poldark and the standard is really high. Plus the story is way too interesting and it does deserve a really good remake (not like the 1996 joke) and with the new technology and all I seriously cannot wait for the HD version and the amazingly beautiful locations in Cornwall, where the new Poldark will be shoot. As far as I know Aidan Turner is the only one who has been casted and they are in the look aut for a young, beautiful, unknown Cornish actress for the untamed Demelza.

più here link

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"THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING" (1997) Review

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"THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING" (1997) Review

The anno 1963 saw the release of Tony Richardson's Academy Award winning adaptation of Henry Fielding's 1749 novel, "The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling". Another thirty-four years passed before another adaptation of the novel appeared on the scene. It turned out to be the BBC's five-episode miniseries that aired in 1997.

"THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING" is a comic tale about the life and adventures of an English foundling, who is discovered in the household of a warm-hearted landowner in Somerset named Squire Allworthy. The latter...

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"HUGO" (2011) Review

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"HUGO" (2011) Review

To the surprise of many, the superiore, in alto two contenders for Best Picture of 2011 featured on the history of film in the early 20th century. One of them was the Oscar winning "silent" film, "THE ARTIST". The other turned out to be Martin Scorsese's latest endeavor called "HUGO".

Based upon Brian Selznick's 2008 novel, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret", "HUGO" told the story of a 12 year-old boy named Hugo Cabret, who lives with his widowed father, a clockmaker in 1931 Paris. Hugo's father, who is a fan of Georges Méliès's films, takes him to the theater on many occasions. When Hugo's...

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"JOHN ADAMS" (2008) Review

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"JOHN ADAMS" (2008) Review

Three years have passed since HBO aired the last episode of its seven-part miniseries, "JOHN ADAMS" . . . and I have yet to post any commento about it. I realized that I might as well post my visualizzazioni on the series, while my memories of it remains fresh.

In a nutshell . . . "JOHN ADAMS" is an adaption of David McCullough’s bestselling, Pulitzer-Prize winning biography on the country’s secondo president, John Adams. Instead of beginning the story during Adams' childhood o early adulthood, the miniseries began in the late winter/early spring of 1770, when he defended...