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View ArticleHic Iacet Arthurus, Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus (Here Lies Arthur, Formerly...
The depiction of the life of King Arthur, in print and film, is a Rorschach Test. The story of Arthur and Camelot is presented differently for each generation, reflecting that generation. The early...
View ArticleBook Review: My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell...
Russell Brand is a lucky man. Lucky to be alive, to have two movies in the box office top ten, to have married a woman who seems to not be too bothered by his checkered past. A past so checkered —...
View ArticlePicturing Mr. Darcy
Books and films have an uneasy alliance. If you truly love a book, you may passionately want to see it brought to life in a film… or you may not. In fact, some of the most vehement reaction to a book...
View ArticleDVD Review: Lost Empires
Lost Empires is set in Edwardian England, about a year before WWI. As the mini-series begins, Richard Herncastle (Colin Firth) is a soldier. He sees Nancy Ellis (Beatie Edney), a face from his past,...
View ArticleDVD Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
In a 2002 interview John Le Carré described the 1997 BBC/Arthur Hopcraft dramatization of Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy as perhaps the best realized adaptation of any of his novels. The interview is...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Shakespeare in Love
Originally released in 1998, Shakespeare in Love took home seven Academy Awards including ones for picture, actress, and supporting actress. Beyond that, it was nominated for another six Oscars which...
View ArticleBlu-ray Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
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View ArticleHic Iacet Arthurus, Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus (Here Lies Arthur, Formerly...
The depiction of the life of King Arthur, in print and film, is a Rorschach Test. The story of Arthur and Camelot is presented differently for each generation, reflecting that generation. The early...
View ArticleBook Review: My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell...
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