In the spirit of full disclosure, let me admit something here at the beginning. I like many Danny Boyle movies, not all of them, but the last several, so I go into his movies expecting to like them. He is one of the directors that is able to move across genres easily and well. 28 [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire
Posted in 2008, Awards, BBC, Based on a Book, Blockbuster, Foreign, Oscar Race, tagged Danny Boyle, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Forsyte Saga (2002)
Posted in BBC, Based on a Book, British, Mini-Series, Period Piece, Remakes, Reviews on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Based on a series of nine books by John Galsworthy. I’m only 2 episodes in. I’ll keep updating as I go along.
To be honest, I didn’t really know much about this series before viewing it. I knew it concerned the affairs and the lives of a wealthy family (The Forsytes) beginning about 1874, London. I [...]
The Young Visiters (2003 – BBC)
Posted in BBC, British, Family, Movies, fairy tale, tagged fairy tale, family movie on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nope, not a misprint; a misspelling. This movie is based on a book published in 1919 by an 8 year old girl.
The story is of a man (Jim Broadbent) who meets a social climbing young girl on a train. He promises to introduce her to all the nobles he knows (sum total of one – [...]
