Contains spoilers for Murder is Easy including the identity of the murderer.
A Christmas Christie is a treat and Murder is Easy scratches that itch very nicely. Telling the story of a rural village of two halves where people keep getting murdered while the police seemingly do nothing, this latest adap written by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre makes some meaty changes to Christie’s original story. Most noticeably our hero, Luke Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson) is no longer a white policeman but a young Nigerian diplomat. After encountering a lady on a train (Penelope Wilton) who tells him about the deaths in the village and that they were carried out by a respectable person with a point to make, and who is subsequently killed herself, Fitzwilliam feels it’s his duty to find out what’s going on.
In the village of Wychwood Fitzwilliam meets a racist doctor (played by Mathew Bayton...
A Christmas Christie is a treat and Murder is Easy scratches that itch very nicely. Telling the story of a rural village of two halves where people keep getting murdered while the police seemingly do nothing, this latest adap written by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre makes some meaty changes to Christie’s original story. Most noticeably our hero, Luke Fitzwilliam (David Jonsson) is no longer a white policeman but a young Nigerian diplomat. After encountering a lady on a train (Penelope Wilton) who tells him about the deaths in the village and that they were carried out by a respectable person with a point to make, and who is subsequently killed herself, Fitzwilliam feels it’s his duty to find out what’s going on.
In the village of Wychwood Fitzwilliam meets a racist doctor (played by Mathew Bayton...
- 12/28/2023
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
Since the invention of the moving image – an event that happened just a few decades after the death of Charles Dickens – there have been at least 18 prominent adaptations of Great Expectations. That’s Pip upon Pip, Magwitch upon Magwitch, Miss Havisham upon Miss Havisham. Everyone, from Alec Guinness and Joan Hickson to Robert de Niro and Ralph Fiennes, has been sucked into the Dickens industrial complex. And now, for no discernible reason, BBC One viewers are being treated to a new adaptation of the novel, this time scripted by Peaky Blinders supremo Steven Knight.
The show follows the adventures of Pip, a bright young orphan (“an orchid growing wild in the filth of a stable”) who is thrust into the orbit of Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) and her ward Estella (Chloe Lea/Shalom Brune-Franklin). From there, and via an encounter with a mysterious convict, Pip will fall in love, make his fortune,...
The show follows the adventures of Pip, a bright young orphan (“an orchid growing wild in the filth of a stable”) who is thrust into the orbit of Miss Havisham (Olivia Colman) and her ward Estella (Chloe Lea/Shalom Brune-Franklin). From there, and via an encounter with a mysterious convict, Pip will fall in love, make his fortune,...
- 3/26/2023
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Hello, everyone! We have a brand new assortment of horror and sci-fi headed home this week, and there are plenty of offerings that should undoubtedly make for great additions to your Halloween season viewing plans. Universal is showing some love to a trio of classics, as it is set to release John Carpenter’s The Thing as well as Rear Window and Vertigo from Alfred Hitchcock all on 4K Ultra HD today. Kino Lorber has put together new Blu-ray presentations for both The Tomb of Ligeia and Theatre of Blood, and if you’re looking to catch up with some newer horror, both Great White and Slaxx arrive today courtesy of Rlje Films.
Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for September 7th include Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War, Hellbox, Witches of Blackwood, Skinwalker, and War of the God Monsters.
Great White
A blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare for five...
Other Blu-ray and DVD releases for September 7th include Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe’s War, Hellbox, Witches of Blackwood, Skinwalker, and War of the God Monsters.
Great White
A blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare for five...
- 9/7/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Looking to scratch your itch for the Brits? IndieWire has called BritBox the Hulu alternative for all things that come from the UK, and now their already impressive slate has announced something even grander.
The BBC and ITV streaming service has acquired the rights to several new Agatha Christie films, TV shows, and audio plays. The collection will include Seasons 9 through 12 of David Suchet’s “Poirot,” including the special “Poirot: A Mysterious Affair at Styles” which celebrates its 100th anniversary.
As the summer progresses, BritBox will also put out the 1980 John Gielgud-starring adaptation of “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” and 1981’s “The Seven Dials Mystery.” They’re also committed to bringing Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan, and Julia McKenzie’s takes on Miss Marple to the streaming service.
BritBox is also working with the Christie estate to create a full HD restoration of the 1983 Christie miniseries “Partners in Crime...
The BBC and ITV streaming service has acquired the rights to several new Agatha Christie films, TV shows, and audio plays. The collection will include Seasons 9 through 12 of David Suchet’s “Poirot,” including the special “Poirot: A Mysterious Affair at Styles” which celebrates its 100th anniversary.
As the summer progresses, BritBox will also put out the 1980 John Gielgud-starring adaptation of “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?” and 1981’s “The Seven Dials Mystery.” They’re also committed to bringing Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan, and Julia McKenzie’s takes on Miss Marple to the streaming service.
BritBox is also working with the Christie estate to create a full HD restoration of the 1983 Christie miniseries “Partners in Crime...
- 5/15/2020
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Is this movie ground zero for Atom-fear science fiction? The Boulting Brothers assemble the very first movie about a nuclear terror plot, without cutting corners or wimping out. The incredibly dry, civilized André Morell must track down a rogue scientist who threatens to nuke London; the entire city must be evacuated. Barry Jones is the meek boffin with a bomb in his satchel. The impressively produced thriller won an Oscar for Best Story; it’s practically a template for the ‘docu-real’ approach of the first Quatermass films. It’s also the link between ordinary postwar thriller intrigues and the high-powered, science fiction- styled terrors to come.
Seven Days to Noon
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1950 / B&w / 1:37 flat Academy / 97 min. / Street Date November 5, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Barry Jones, Olive Sloane, André Morell, Sheila Manahan, Hugh Cross, Joan Hickson, Ronald Adam, Marie Ney, Wyndham Goldie, Russell Waters, Martin Boddey,...
Seven Days to Noon
Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1950 / B&w / 1:37 flat Academy / 97 min. / Street Date November 5, 2019 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: Barry Jones, Olive Sloane, André Morell, Sheila Manahan, Hugh Cross, Joan Hickson, Ronald Adam, Marie Ney, Wyndham Goldie, Russell Waters, Martin Boddey,...
- 11/2/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories has inked a deal with Agatha Christie Ltd to develop a new TV series centered on Christie’s iconic sleuth Miss Marple. The latest incarnation will be based on the author’s Miss Marple books and short stories, and will be co-developed by the Big Little Lies producer and Endeavor Content.
The potential series will be produced by Agl’s James Prichard and Basi Akpabio along with Papandrea. Made Up Stories’ Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver, Jeanne Snow and Janice Park are shepherding the project.
Christie’s books about the amateur detective have been in print for more than 90 years and are now in more than 100 territories worldwide. Numerous film and TV adaptations have been mounted along the way starring the likes of Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine McEwan, Helen Hayes and Joan Hickson.
“I’m just thrilled to be joining forces with James and...
The potential series will be produced by Agl’s James Prichard and Basi Akpabio along with Papandrea. Made Up Stories’ Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver, Jeanne Snow and Janice Park are shepherding the project.
Christie’s books about the amateur detective have been in print for more than 90 years and are now in more than 100 territories worldwide. Numerous film and TV adaptations have been mounted along the way starring the likes of Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine McEwan, Helen Hayes and Joan Hickson.
“I’m just thrilled to be joining forces with James and...
- 3/6/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Ray Harryhausen eases up for his second color Dynamation feature, restricting the stop-motion and instead utilizing traveling mattes to make a more juvenile adventure movie for smaller kiddies. The big draw is the beautiful music score by fantasy favorite Bernard Herrmann.
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1960 / Color / 1:66 & 1:78 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date December 13, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Kerwin Matthews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Sherry Alberoni, Lee Patterson, Gregoire Aslan, Basil Sydney, Peter Bull, Charles Lloyd Pack, Martin Benson, Alec Mango, Doris Lloyd, Joan Hickson, Noel Purcell.
Cinematography Wilkie Cooper
Original Music Bernard Herrmann
Creator of Special Visual Effects Ray Harryhausen
Written by Arthur Ross, Jack Sher based on the book by Jonathan Swift
Produced by Charles H. Schneer
Directed by Jack Sher
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer and Dynamation go tame — unlike...
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1960 / Color / 1:66 & 1:78 widescreen / 99 min. / Street Date December 13, 2016 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring Kerwin Matthews, Jo Morrow, June Thorburn, Sherry Alberoni, Lee Patterson, Gregoire Aslan, Basil Sydney, Peter Bull, Charles Lloyd Pack, Martin Benson, Alec Mango, Doris Lloyd, Joan Hickson, Noel Purcell.
Cinematography Wilkie Cooper
Original Music Bernard Herrmann
Creator of Special Visual Effects Ray Harryhausen
Written by Arthur Ross, Jack Sher based on the book by Jonathan Swift
Produced by Charles H. Schneer
Directed by Jack Sher
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
In The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Ray Harryhausen, Charles H. Schneer and Dynamation go tame — unlike...
- 12/19/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
By Darren Allison
Chain of Events 1958 Region 2 DVD Review: Directed by Gerald Thomas, Starring Kenneth Griffith, Susan Shaw, Dermot Walsh, Freddie Mills and Joan Hickson. Released November 2nd 2015
A taut 1958 crime melodrama, Chain of Events features noted actor and film-maker Kenneth Griffith as a bank clerk whose attempt to dodge a fare has devastating consequences; a powerful cast includes Rank "Charm School" starlet Susan Shaw and future Richard the Lionheart lead Dermot Walsh. Chain of Events is also directed in sharp, pacey style by the ‘Carry On’ legend Gerald Thomas.
Rather curiously, Chain of Events was adapted from a radio play written by the late Australian character actor Leo McKern. John Clarke (Kenneth Griffith), an uninspiring sort of gentleman, one day boards a bus on his way home from work and foolishly “forgets” to pay his fare. He is caught by an inspector, but instead of owning up to it,...
Chain of Events 1958 Region 2 DVD Review: Directed by Gerald Thomas, Starring Kenneth Griffith, Susan Shaw, Dermot Walsh, Freddie Mills and Joan Hickson. Released November 2nd 2015
A taut 1958 crime melodrama, Chain of Events features noted actor and film-maker Kenneth Griffith as a bank clerk whose attempt to dodge a fare has devastating consequences; a powerful cast includes Rank "Charm School" starlet Susan Shaw and future Richard the Lionheart lead Dermot Walsh. Chain of Events is also directed in sharp, pacey style by the ‘Carry On’ legend Gerald Thomas.
Rather curiously, Chain of Events was adapted from a radio play written by the late Australian character actor Leo McKern. John Clarke (Kenneth Griffith), an uninspiring sort of gentleman, one day boards a bus on his way home from work and foolishly “forgets” to pay his fare. He is caught by an inspector, but instead of owning up to it,...
- 11/21/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Glenda Jackson: Actress and former Labour MP. Two-time Oscar winner and former Labour MP Glenda Jackson returns to acting Two-time Best Actress Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson set aside her acting career after becoming a Labour Party MP in 1992. Four years ago, Jackson, who represented the Greater London constituency of Hampstead and Highgate, announced that she would stand down the 2015 general election – which, somewhat controversially, was won by right-wing prime minister David Cameron's Conservative party.[1] The silver lining: following a two-decade-plus break, Glenda Jackson is returning to acting. Now, Jackson isn't – for the time being – returning to acting in front of the camera. The 79-year-old is to be featured in the Radio 4 series Emile Zola: Blood, Sex and Money, described on their website as a “mash-up” adaptation of 20 Emile Zola novels collectively known as "Les Rougon-Macquart."[2] Part 1 of the three-part Radio 4 series will be broadcast daily during an...
- 7/2/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
'Henry V' Movie Actress Renée Asherson dead at 99: Laurence Olivier leading lady in acclaimed 1944 film (image: Renée Asherson and Laurence Olivier in 'Henry V') Renée Asherson, a British stage actress featured in London productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Three Sisters, but best known internationally as Laurence Olivier's leading lady in the 1944 film version of Henry V, died on October 30, 2014. Asherson was 99 years old. The exact cause of death hasn't been specified. She was born Dorothy Renée Ascherson (she would drop the "c" some time after becoming an actress) on May 19, 1915, in Kensington, London, to Jewish parents: businessman Charles Ascherson and his second wife, Dorothy Wiseman -- both of whom narrowly escaped spending their honeymoon aboard the Titanic. (Ascherson cancelled the voyage after suffering an attack of appendicitis.) According to Michael Coveney's The Guardian obit for the actress, Renée Asherson was "scantly...
- 11/5/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Rex Harrison hat on TCM: ‘My Fair Lady,’ ‘Anna and the King of Siam’ Rex Harrison is Turner Classic Movies’ final "Summer Under the Stars" star today, August 31, 2013. TCM is currently showing George Cukor’s lavish My Fair Lady (1964), an Academy Award-winning musical that has (in my humble opinion) unfairly lost quite a bit of its prestige in the last several decades. Rex Harrison, invariably a major ham whether playing Saladin, the King of Siam, Julius Caesar, the ghost of a dead sea captain, or Richard Burton’s lover, is for once flawlessly cast as Professor Henry Higgins, who on stage transformed Julie Andrews from cockney duckling to diction-master swan and who in the movie version does the same for Audrey Hepburn. Harrison, by the way, was the year’s Best Actor Oscar winner. (See also: "Audrey Hepburn vs. Julie Andrews: Biggest Oscar Snubs.") Following My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison...
- 8/31/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Poirot
Kieran Kinsella
Acorn Media have released numerous Agatha Christie tales on DVD but this month they are upping the ante by releasing a box set that is like manna from Heaven for fans of Britain’s favorite mystery writer. Their six disc, 16 hour long, January 29 release contains some of the best loved stories involving both Marple and Poirot. Two super sleuths squeezed into one novel sized box.
The six Poirot tales include my personal favorite – The ABC Murders, and Christie’s best loved tale – Murder on the Orient Express. I had never seen Four and Twenty Blackbirds or The Mysterious Affair at Styles before but both were very good. The former revolved around the double murder of two elderly brothers while the latter involved the murder of an early 20th century “cougar” who may or may not have been “done in” by her toy boy. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas...
Kieran Kinsella
Acorn Media have released numerous Agatha Christie tales on DVD but this month they are upping the ante by releasing a box set that is like manna from Heaven for fans of Britain’s favorite mystery writer. Their six disc, 16 hour long, January 29 release contains some of the best loved stories involving both Marple and Poirot. Two super sleuths squeezed into one novel sized box.
The six Poirot tales include my personal favorite – The ABC Murders, and Christie’s best loved tale – Murder on the Orient Express. I had never seen Four and Twenty Blackbirds or The Mysterious Affair at Styles before but both were very good. The former revolved around the double murder of two elderly brothers while the latter involved the murder of an early 20th century “cougar” who may or may not have been “done in” by her toy boy. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas...
- 1/29/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
Literary adaptations pepper the big and small screen schedules year after year and the works of Charles Dickens have proved fertile ground.
Recently selected as the closing film of the London Film Festival Mike Newell’s version of Great Expectations has a fine cast and from the looks of this first clip has a sumptuous visual style.
Jeremy Irvine stars here as Pip opposite Ralph Fiennes’ Magwitch, meeting again for the first time in years. Their relationship is key to the maturation of Pip and this clip gives us a hint of Irvine’s take on the character. As well as Fiennes and Irving we have Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham to look forward to, is it me or has the age of the actresses playing Miss Havisham nosedived in recent years? Gillian Anderson played her in the mini-series last year and before then Joan Hickson played her at...
Recently selected as the closing film of the London Film Festival Mike Newell’s version of Great Expectations has a fine cast and from the looks of this first clip has a sumptuous visual style.
Jeremy Irvine stars here as Pip opposite Ralph Fiennes’ Magwitch, meeting again for the first time in years. Their relationship is key to the maturation of Pip and this clip gives us a hint of Irvine’s take on the character. As well as Fiennes and Irving we have Helena Bonham Carter as Miss Havisham to look forward to, is it me or has the age of the actresses playing Miss Havisham nosedived in recent years? Gillian Anderson played her in the mini-series last year and before then Joan Hickson played her at...
- 9/3/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Versatile actor and writer best known as Wexford in the TV detective stories
Of all the television detectives of recent years, George Baker's Inspector Wexford, with his mature West Country burr, slight air of fallibility and occasional stubbornness, was the one who seemed to spring from real life rather than an author's fancy. Sometimes ponderous, sometimes wrong, always homely, Baker's Wexford had his affable ex-constable's feet firmly on the ground. The character had a solid, believable family life. The actor, also a family man, had a hand in some of the adaptations that went under the title of the Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Whatever the combination of factors, it gave Baker, who has died aged 80 of pneumonia, his greatest success.
Not that fame was unfamiliar to the actor, whose career had got off to such a promising start back in the 1950s. The British cinema spotted his handsome features almost...
Of all the television detectives of recent years, George Baker's Inspector Wexford, with his mature West Country burr, slight air of fallibility and occasional stubbornness, was the one who seemed to spring from real life rather than an author's fancy. Sometimes ponderous, sometimes wrong, always homely, Baker's Wexford had his affable ex-constable's feet firmly on the ground. The character had a solid, believable family life. The actor, also a family man, had a hand in some of the adaptations that went under the title of the Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Whatever the combination of factors, it gave Baker, who has died aged 80 of pneumonia, his greatest success.
Not that fame was unfamiliar to the actor, whose career had got off to such a promising start back in the 1950s. The British cinema spotted his handsome features almost...
- 10/9/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Veteran actress Angela Lansbury has spoken out against plans to remake Miss Marple with Jennifer Garner playing a young version of the elderly spinster sleuth.
The Murder, She Wrote star portrayed Agatha Christie's famous detective in 1980 film The Mirror Crack'd, alongside a stellar cast including Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson, while other actresses to tackle the role include Dame Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson.
Disney bosses recently announced plans to reboot Miss Marple in a new movie showing her as a young woman, with Garner tapped to play the title role. Lansbury admits she is shocked by the news and can't understand how the concept could be successful.
She tells Britain's the Guardian, "Will you please tell me how? How can they cast this lovely young girl in that role? It doesn't make any sense at all."...
The Murder, She Wrote star portrayed Agatha Christie's famous detective in 1980 film The Mirror Crack'd, alongside a stellar cast including Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson, while other actresses to tackle the role include Dame Margaret Rutherford and Joan Hickson.
Disney bosses recently announced plans to reboot Miss Marple in a new movie showing her as a young woman, with Garner tapped to play the title role. Lansbury admits she is shocked by the news and can't understand how the concept could be successful.
She tells Britain's the Guardian, "Will you please tell me how? How can they cast this lovely young girl in that role? It doesn't make any sense at all."...
- 5/1/2011
- WENN
Updated: Ok – so it’s not just fans of Agatha Christie’s super sleuth that were pissed off at Disney’s decision to announce a sexier set of Miss Marple films to be led by 38 year old American Jennifer Garner, but also the rights holders too.
Chorion, the British company who own the copyright to the works of Agatha Christie, has told the BBC that no deal with Disney to remake Miss Marple has been closed, and I imagine they are pissed at finding out just what direction The Mouse wants to take the character in. I suspect this adaptation is in deep trouble and it’s hard to see Chorion agreeing to what Disney are planning.
Agatha Christie’s biographer Laura Thompson has already told us that she thinks Christie would be turning in her grave about the casting and reminds us that Christie even disliked Margaret Rutherford’s...
Chorion, the British company who own the copyright to the works of Agatha Christie, has told the BBC that no deal with Disney to remake Miss Marple has been closed, and I imagine they are pissed at finding out just what direction The Mouse wants to take the character in. I suspect this adaptation is in deep trouble and it’s hard to see Chorion agreeing to what Disney are planning.
Agatha Christie’s biographer Laura Thompson has already told us that she thinks Christie would be turning in her grave about the casting and reminds us that Christie even disliked Margaret Rutherford’s...
- 3/31/2011
- by Ben Szwediuk
- Obsessed with Film
Jennifer Garner, 38, has been cast as the elderly Agatha Christie sleuth for a new Disney film. But Miss Marple is not the only TV character who has got younger . . .
Personally, I have no problem with Jennifer Garner, the voluptuous 38-year-old American actress who portrayed a glamorous, basque-clad ninja assassin in the 2005 film Elektra, playing Agatha Christie's dowdy, aged sleuth Jane Marple. But a few traditionalists have made predictable points about her not being quite right for the part, and they are also exercised by the havoc Twin Peaks writer Mark Frost may wreak on Miss Marple's sleepy home village of St Mary Mead when he transplants it to small-town America.
Christie does appear to have imagined her creation as elderly, describing her as "rather like some of my grandmother's cronies – old ladies whom I have met in so many villages where I have gone to stay as a...
Personally, I have no problem with Jennifer Garner, the voluptuous 38-year-old American actress who portrayed a glamorous, basque-clad ninja assassin in the 2005 film Elektra, playing Agatha Christie's dowdy, aged sleuth Jane Marple. But a few traditionalists have made predictable points about her not being quite right for the part, and they are also exercised by the havoc Twin Peaks writer Mark Frost may wreak on Miss Marple's sleepy home village of St Mary Mead when he transplants it to small-town America.
Christie does appear to have imagined her creation as elderly, describing her as "rather like some of my grandmother's cronies – old ladies whom I have met in so many villages where I have gone to stay as a...
- 3/31/2011
- by Stephen Moss
- The Guardian - Film News
Many are still reeling from reports of Jennifer Garner playing a much younger Miss Marple in an upcoming Disney-produced contemporary version of Agatha Christie's elderly sleuth.
Now, Deadline reports that Chorion, the rights holders to Christie's books, have said the deal with Disney hasn’t closed yet.
Agatha Christie’s biographer Laura Thompson has also said that the author would not have been happy with Disney’s desire to mess with tradition.
Reaction has come thick and fast to the news with mostly negative feedback, not surprising when you realise Christie is the single most successful book author of all time with over four billion copies of her novels sold, a record outstripped by only The Bible.
A few out there have strangely enough never heard of the character. For them, I've included the BBC's 1987 version of "4:50 from Paddington", the definitive actress in the role (Joan Hickson) in...
Now, Deadline reports that Chorion, the rights holders to Christie's books, have said the deal with Disney hasn’t closed yet.
Agatha Christie’s biographer Laura Thompson has also said that the author would not have been happy with Disney’s desire to mess with tradition.
Reaction has come thick and fast to the news with mostly negative feedback, not surprising when you realise Christie is the single most successful book author of all time with over four billion copies of her novels sold, a record outstripped by only The Bible.
A few out there have strangely enough never heard of the character. For them, I've included the BBC's 1987 version of "4:50 from Paddington", the definitive actress in the role (Joan Hickson) in...
- 3/30/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In one of the more odd pieces of news to come out of Hollywood, we’ve learned that Jennifer Garner is set to play Agatha Christie’s character, Miss Marple…
Having reimagined Sherlock Holmes as a Victorian, fist fighting Tyler Durden, the hive mind of Hollywood has looked at one of Agatha Christie's most famous mystery solvers, Miss Marple, and thought, "Jennifer Garner would be perfect."
In an apparent effort to make Jane Marple younger and less of a singleton, news has emerged that Disney is recasting the quintessentially English crime fighter as an attractive American in her 30s.
It's all a far cry from the previous actresses cast in the role, which include Angela Lansbury and, most recently, Julia McKenzie (she'll always be Joan Hickson to us, though).
Garner's no stranger to crime fighting of course, with her background in Alias, but it's an odd piece of news,...
Having reimagined Sherlock Holmes as a Victorian, fist fighting Tyler Durden, the hive mind of Hollywood has looked at one of Agatha Christie's most famous mystery solvers, Miss Marple, and thought, "Jennifer Garner would be perfect."
In an apparent effort to make Jane Marple younger and less of a singleton, news has emerged that Disney is recasting the quintessentially English crime fighter as an attractive American in her 30s.
It's all a far cry from the previous actresses cast in the role, which include Angela Lansbury and, most recently, Julia McKenzie (she'll always be Joan Hickson to us, though).
Garner's no stranger to crime fighting of course, with her background in Alias, but it's an odd piece of news,...
- 3/30/2011
- Den of Geek
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Update: Either the Christie estate is listening to its disgruntled fans, or Disney spoke too soon. Deadline reports that the company that owns the rights has not settled a deal, while also referring to the author's initial complaints over Rutherford: "Why don't they just invent a new character? Then they can have their cheap fun and leave me and my creations alone." Imagine what she'd say to this news. It makes us wish celebrity mediums were real.
In the late 1920s, Agatha Christie introduced one of the most stellar older women we've ever seen -- Miss Marple. The iconic writer fashioned Marple, in part, on her own grandmother, crafting an old spinster sleuth living in St. Mary Mead. Jane Marple is an amateur gumshoe who always happened to come across some mysterious murder, and though her tweed-clad body and softened countenance might make her seem old and dotty,...
Update: Either the Christie estate is listening to its disgruntled fans, or Disney spoke too soon. Deadline reports that the company that owns the rights has not settled a deal, while also referring to the author's initial complaints over Rutherford: "Why don't they just invent a new character? Then they can have their cheap fun and leave me and my creations alone." Imagine what she'd say to this news. It makes us wish celebrity mediums were real.
In the late 1920s, Agatha Christie introduced one of the most stellar older women we've ever seen -- Miss Marple. The iconic writer fashioned Marple, in part, on her own grandmother, crafting an old spinster sleuth living in St. Mary Mead. Jane Marple is an amateur gumshoe who always happened to come across some mysterious murder, and though her tweed-clad body and softened countenance might make her seem old and dotty,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Moviefone
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Update: Either the Christie estate is listening to its disgruntled fans, or Disney spoke too soon. Deadline reports that the company that owns the rights has not settled a deal, while also referring to the author's initial complaints over Rutherford: "Why don't they just invent a new character? Then they can have their cheap fun and leave me and my creations alone." Imagine what she'd say to this news. It makes us wish celebrity mediums were real.
In the late 1920s, Agatha Christie introduced one of the most stellar older women we've ever seen -- Miss Marple. The iconic writer fashioned Marple, in part, on her own grandmother, crafting an old spinster sleuth living in St. Mary Mead. Jane Marple is an amateur gumshoe who always happened to come across some mysterious murder, and though her tweed-clad body and softened countenance might make her seem old and dotty,...
Update: Either the Christie estate is listening to its disgruntled fans, or Disney spoke too soon. Deadline reports that the company that owns the rights has not settled a deal, while also referring to the author's initial complaints over Rutherford: "Why don't they just invent a new character? Then they can have their cheap fun and leave me and my creations alone." Imagine what she'd say to this news. It makes us wish celebrity mediums were real.
In the late 1920s, Agatha Christie introduced one of the most stellar older women we've ever seen -- Miss Marple. The iconic writer fashioned Marple, in part, on her own grandmother, crafting an old spinster sleuth living in St. Mary Mead. Jane Marple is an amateur gumshoe who always happened to come across some mysterious murder, and though her tweed-clad body and softened countenance might make her seem old and dotty,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Popular Agatha Christie character, Miss Marple, is getting a youthful spin as Disney has tapped Jennifer Garner, 38, to play the crime-solving spinster.
Hitting the scene in 1927, Marple has been in a 12 novel series from Christie. On screen, Marple has been played by Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson, Julia McKenzie, Geraldine McEwan and Angela Lansbury.
The untitled Miss Marple movie will be penned by Twin Peaks writer Mark Frost with production from Garner’s Vandalia Films company.
No word on who will be directing the film nor a release date.
Garner can be seen opposite Russell Brand in the Jason Winer comedy Arthur on April 8th.
Her other project, Back Woods, centers on a young man (played by new Spider-man Andrew Garfield) caring for his younger sisters after a family tragedy. That’s due out sometime in 2012.
Hitting the scene in 1927, Marple has been in a 12 novel series from Christie. On screen, Marple has been played by Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson, Julia McKenzie, Geraldine McEwan and Angela Lansbury.
The untitled Miss Marple movie will be penned by Twin Peaks writer Mark Frost with production from Garner’s Vandalia Films company.
No word on who will be directing the film nor a release date.
Garner can be seen opposite Russell Brand in the Jason Winer comedy Arthur on April 8th.
Her other project, Back Woods, centers on a young man (played by new Spider-man Andrew Garfield) caring for his younger sisters after a family tragedy. That’s due out sometime in 2012.
- 3/29/2011
- by Terrance Clay
- Movie News Guide
Jennifer Garner is set to bring Agatha Christie's Miss Marple back to life in a new big screen re-imagining of the famous detective stories.
The Alias star will play a younger version of the elderly spinster sleuth in a new Disney movie based on Christie's famous book series.
Miss Marple has made numerous appearances in films and TV shows over the years and she has previously been portrayed by actresses including Dame Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson and Angela Lansbury.
Garner will produce the new movie with her Vandalia Films production company, according to Deadline.com.
The Alias star will play a younger version of the elderly spinster sleuth in a new Disney movie based on Christie's famous book series.
Miss Marple has made numerous appearances in films and TV shows over the years and she has previously been portrayed by actresses including Dame Margaret Rutherford, Joan Hickson and Angela Lansbury.
Garner will produce the new movie with her Vandalia Films production company, according to Deadline.com.
- 3/29/2011
- WENN
Can you imagine glamorous Hollywood star Jennifer Garner - wife of actor/director Ben Affleck - stepping into the role of tweed-clad amateur detective Miss Marple?
It may sound a stretch but you'd better get used to the idea because the 38-year-old is to produce and star in a Disney revamp of Agatha Christie's famous murder-solving spinster.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, studio chiefs have acquired the rights to Miss Marple after months of negotiations, with Mark Frost hired to pen the script. Frost has some familarity with detective drama; he was involved with writing TV series Hill Street Blues and The Equalizer. His other credits include Twin Peaks and both Fantastic Four films.
Garner played CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the TV show Alias and has also been in Daredevil spin-off Elektra and in Juno. She'll next be on screen in the upcoming remake of Arthur, starring Russell Brand.
It may sound a stretch but you'd better get used to the idea because the 38-year-old is to produce and star in a Disney revamp of Agatha Christie's famous murder-solving spinster.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, studio chiefs have acquired the rights to Miss Marple after months of negotiations, with Mark Frost hired to pen the script. Frost has some familarity with detective drama; he was involved with writing TV series Hill Street Blues and The Equalizer. His other credits include Twin Peaks and both Fantastic Four films.
Garner played CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the TV show Alias and has also been in Daredevil spin-off Elektra and in Juno. She'll next be on screen in the upcoming remake of Arthur, starring Russell Brand.
- 3/29/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
A new film version of Agatha Christie's much-loved middle-class mysteries to feature a younger heroine and unfold in the present day
She is not, perhaps, the first actor that springs to mind when one thinks of Miss Marple, the elderly, unmarried detective of Agatha Christie's famous crime novels. Yet Jennifer Garner is to take on the role of the amateur sleuth in a new film that will see her character hit the screen as a younger woman, Deadline reports.
Garner, 38, will also the produce the film, which is being backed by Disney. So far it is not known whether the project will be based on any of Christie's novels: the British author always posited Marple as a woman in her 70s, so screenwriter Mark Frost may well be working from scratch.
This genteel detective with the instinctive understanding of the dark side of human nature has been played...
She is not, perhaps, the first actor that springs to mind when one thinks of Miss Marple, the elderly, unmarried detective of Agatha Christie's famous crime novels. Yet Jennifer Garner is to take on the role of the amateur sleuth in a new film that will see her character hit the screen as a younger woman, Deadline reports.
Garner, 38, will also the produce the film, which is being backed by Disney. So far it is not known whether the project will be based on any of Christie's novels: the British author always posited Marple as a woman in her 70s, so screenwriter Mark Frost may well be working from scratch.
This genteel detective with the instinctive understanding of the dark side of human nature has been played...
- 3/29/2011
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
Jennifer Garner has been cast as Miss Marple in a new prequel film.
The thirty-eight year old Alias star will also produce the Disney-backed film in association with her production company, Vandalia Films.
While the project is still in early development, the story, written by Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost, will revolve around a young Miss Marple solving crimes.
It’s unknown at this point whether the story will be set in the pre-wwii era of the original books or changed to the modern day.
There is also no word if Garner will don an English accent for the part or if the character will be changed to an American.
Agatha Christie’s famous English detective, often described as a spinster, is usually portrayed by much older women.
Angela Lansbury, Joan Hickson, Margaret Rutherford and Geraldine McEwan are the most well-known actresses to have played the amateur sleuth.
As Miss...
The thirty-eight year old Alias star will also produce the Disney-backed film in association with her production company, Vandalia Films.
While the project is still in early development, the story, written by Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost, will revolve around a young Miss Marple solving crimes.
It’s unknown at this point whether the story will be set in the pre-wwii era of the original books or changed to the modern day.
There is also no word if Garner will don an English accent for the part or if the character will be changed to an American.
Agatha Christie’s famous English detective, often described as a spinster, is usually portrayed by much older women.
Angela Lansbury, Joan Hickson, Margaret Rutherford and Geraldine McEwan are the most well-known actresses to have played the amateur sleuth.
As Miss...
- 3/29/2011
- by lauren.forry@lovefilm.com (Lauren Forry)
- LOVEFiLM
Jennifer Garner will play sleuth Miss Marple in a new movie. The 'Alias' actress will take on the role - previously made famous by stars including Gracie Fields, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson - in a Disney version of the traditional Agatha Christie novels. Although traditionally played by an older woman, a new concept sees her re-invented for a younger generation, with 'Twin Peaks' screenwriter Mark Frost scripting the project. According to Deadline.com 38-year-old Jennifer will produce the movie with Juliana Janes, who has previously worked as her assistant on films including '13 Going...
- 3/29/2011
- Virgin Media - Movies
Jennifer Garner will play sleuth Miss Marple in a new movie. The 'Alias' actress will take on the role - previously made famous by stars including Gracie Fields, Angela Lansbury and Joan Hickson - in a Disney version of the traditional Agatha Christie novels. Although traditionally played by an older woman, a new concept sees her re-invented for a younger generation, with 'Twin Peaks' screenwriter Mark Frost scripting the project...
- 3/29/2011
- by Zoé Berger
- Bloginity
Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost is set to give Agatha Christie's Miss Marple a makeover in a movie prequel to the mystery writer's famous detective books.
Frost is developing a script which revolves around Marple as a 30-something crime solver.
No casting has been announced.
Miss Marple has been played on the big and small screen by British actresses Angela Lansbury, Joan Hickson, Margaret Rutherford, Julia Mackenzie and Geraldine McEwan and American star Helen Hayes.
The only actress to play a young Miss Marple is Julie Cox, who played the detective in 2004 TV movie Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage.
Frost is developing a script which revolves around Marple as a 30-something crime solver.
No casting has been announced.
Miss Marple has been played on the big and small screen by British actresses Angela Lansbury, Joan Hickson, Margaret Rutherford, Julia Mackenzie and Geraldine McEwan and American star Helen Hayes.
The only actress to play a young Miss Marple is Julie Cox, who played the detective in 2004 TV movie Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage.
- 3/29/2011
- WENN
There's updating, and then there's taking the piss.
Disney Pictures has closed months of negotiations to capture the film rights to Agatha Christie’s detective Miss Marple says The Hollywood Reporter.
In surprising news though, the studio is making drastic changes in their approach to the character of Jane Marple. Gone is the elderly spinster who resides in the quaint pre-WW2 village of St. Mary Mead. In this version she'll be a young, modern day and possibly American city girl - and no, this is not a satire.
Jennifer Garner is set to produce through her Vandalia Films and will likely star in the new adaptation. Mark Frost, who co-created "Twin Peaks" and penned the "Fantastic Four" movies, will be penning the script.
The changeover is rather disturbing to say the least. The entire point of the character is that her small English village life and kind, unassuming outward appearance...
Disney Pictures has closed months of negotiations to capture the film rights to Agatha Christie’s detective Miss Marple says The Hollywood Reporter.
In surprising news though, the studio is making drastic changes in their approach to the character of Jane Marple. Gone is the elderly spinster who resides in the quaint pre-WW2 village of St. Mary Mead. In this version she'll be a young, modern day and possibly American city girl - and no, this is not a satire.
Jennifer Garner is set to produce through her Vandalia Films and will likely star in the new adaptation. Mark Frost, who co-created "Twin Peaks" and penned the "Fantastic Four" movies, will be penning the script.
The changeover is rather disturbing to say the least. The entire point of the character is that her small English village life and kind, unassuming outward appearance...
- 3/29/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Jennifer Garner to play a young version of sleuth Miss Marple for Disney's upcoming Agatha Christie movie The elderly detective will get a fresh young new look in Jennifer Garner, portraying the Christie character used in a dozen of her books. Mark Frost, known for Twin Peaks and the Fantastic Four pics, will write the screenplay while Garner produces with partner Juliana Janes via Vandalia Films. The Miss Marple TV series starred Joan Hickson and ran from 1984-1992 . Miss Jane Marple is an elderly lady who lives in the little English village St. Mary Mead. Superficially stereotypical, she is dressed neatly in tweed and is frequently seen knitting or pulling weeds in her garden. Miss Marple sometimes comes across as confused or "fluffy", but when it comes to solving mysteries, she has a sharp logical mind, and an almost unmatched...
- 3/29/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Jennifer Garner to play a young version of sleuth Miss Marple for Disney's upcoming Agatha Christie movie The elderly detective will get a fresh young new look in Jennifer Garner, portraying the Christie character used in a dozen of her books. Mark Frost, known for Twin Peaks and the Fantastic Four pics, will write the screenplay while Garner produces with partner Juliana Janes via Vandalia Films. The Miss Marple TV series starred Joan Hickson and ran from 1984-1992 . Miss Jane Marple is an elderly lady who lives in the little English village St. Mary Mead. Superficially stereotypical, she is dressed neatly in tweed and is frequently seen knitting or pulling weeds in her garden. Miss Marple sometimes comes across as confused or "fluffy", but when it comes to solving mysteries, she has a sharp logical mind, and an almost unmatched...
- 3/29/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Disney is bringing Agatha Christie’s venerable detective Miss Marple back to the big screen, but this won’t be your father’s — or your grandfather’s — Miss Marple. EW has confirmed that, as first reported on Deadline, Jennifer Garner will play the amateur sleuth in a new take on the character. In Christie’s 12 Miss Marple mystery novels, which she began publishing in 1930, and numerous television, film, and radio adaptations over the decades, Miss Marple has always been depicted — most famously by Margaret Rutherford in four films in the 1960s, Angela Lansbury in the 1980 movie The Mirror Crack’d,...
- 3/29/2011
- by Josh Rottenberg
- EW - Inside Movies
When you picture Agatha Christie’s iconic crime-solver Miss Marple, what comes to mind? The stalwart TV portrayal by Joan Hickson? Or perhaps the more modern version with Geraldine McEwan inheriting the sensible shoes and nice hat? Well, you can forget all that nonsense: for her big screen incarnation via Disney, Miss Marple will take the form of Jennifer Garner. Er… So that means Garner will be sitting in a make up chair for hours every day on set to play the elderly sleuth? Not quite. The Mouse House is ditching the central concept of Miss Marple as an old spinster and re-inventing her for a younger generation.Yep, according to Deadline, Disney is calling in writer Mark Frost (Fantastic Four, Twin Peaks) to craft a new version where Marple is Garner’s age. The actress is producing the new movie, working with her Vandalia Films company to fashion a star vehicle.
- 3/29/2011
- EmpireOnline
Actor with poise and presence, best known as Alfred the butler in Tim Burton's Batman
The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies. Eventually he just voiced roles, as with the Dodo Bird in the same director's Alice in Wonderland film last year, but always to striking effect.
Gough started in the Old Vic company in London before the second world war, but it took till 1946 for his career proper to get off to a flying start in the West End, in Frederick Lonsdale's But for the Grace of God. The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine. So copiously...
The actor Michael Gough, who has died aged 94, was an arresting presence on stage, television and film for the entire postwar period, notably as the butler Alfred Pennyworth in Tim Burton's Batman movies. Eventually he just voiced roles, as with the Dodo Bird in the same director's Alice in Wonderland film last year, but always to striking effect.
Gough started in the Old Vic company in London before the second world war, but it took till 1946 for his career proper to get off to a flying start in the West End, in Frederick Lonsdale's But for the Grace of God. The fistfight-to-the-death scene was done with such startling verisimilitude that nearly all the stage furniture was demolished nightly, and Gough broke three ribs and injured the base of his spine. So copiously...
- 3/18/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
DVD Playhouse—November 2010
By Allen Gardner
Paths Of Glory (Criterion) Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 antiwar classic put him on the map as a major filmmaker. Kirk Douglas stars in a true story about a French officer in Ww I who locks horns with the military’s top brass after his men are court-martialed for failing to carry out an obvious suicide mission. A perfect film, across the board, with fine support from George Macready as one of the most despicable martinet’s ever captured on film, Ralph Meeker, and Adolphe Menjou, all oily charm as a conniving General. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Audio commentary by critic Gary Giddins; Excerpt from 1966 audio interview with Kubrick; 1979 interview with Douglas; New interviews with Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, and producer James B. Harris; French television documentary on real-life case which inspired the film; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
Winter’S Bone (Lionsgate) After her deadbeat father disappears,...
By Allen Gardner
Paths Of Glory (Criterion) Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 antiwar classic put him on the map as a major filmmaker. Kirk Douglas stars in a true story about a French officer in Ww I who locks horns with the military’s top brass after his men are court-martialed for failing to carry out an obvious suicide mission. A perfect film, across the board, with fine support from George Macready as one of the most despicable martinet’s ever captured on film, Ralph Meeker, and Adolphe Menjou, all oily charm as a conniving General. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Audio commentary by critic Gary Giddins; Excerpt from 1966 audio interview with Kubrick; 1979 interview with Douglas; New interviews with Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, and producer James B. Harris; French television documentary on real-life case which inspired the film; Trailer. Widescreen. Dolby 1.0 mono.
Winter’S Bone (Lionsgate) After her deadbeat father disappears,...
- 11/6/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
In July of 2009, A&E released the Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple DVD set that included all of those included in this new Great Detectives Anthology. The difference between this set and that 2009 release is the addition of 5 Sherlock Holmes mysteries (featuring Peter Cushing), the omission of 7 Poirot mysteries one Marple mystery. Exactly why this change in the old set was made is hard to say, but the set definitely benefits from the addition of Sherlock Holmes to the mix, it immediately makes the set more palatable to a wider audience who may not have foreknowledge of the two comparatively lesser known detectives who headlined the first set.
The Sherlock Holmes mysteries included in the set are “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, “The Sign of Four” and “The Blue Carbuncle”.
Just like with the original Poirot & Marple set, they’re oddly out of order,...
The Sherlock Holmes mysteries included in the set are “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, “A Study in Scarlet”, “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”, “The Sign of Four” and “The Blue Carbuncle”.
Just like with the original Poirot & Marple set, they’re oddly out of order,...
- 10/25/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
I never imagined Basil Rathbone would ever be surpassed when it came to playing Sherlock Holmes. But surely now Jeremy Brett is the definitive detective. For some, Margaret Rutherford holds the same place of honor when it comes to Miss Marple, the deceptively sweet and mild-mannered little old lady with a keen eye for clues. Others give TV's Joan Hickson first place of honor. But we can all agree the recent relaunch of Miss Marple with the excellent actress Geraldine McEwan was a flop. Miss Marple with a long-lost love? One shudders. They've started from scratch (again) because they know mystery buffs will line up and watch anything with stately homes, British accents...and murder. But surely they're pushing it with the desultory batch of episodes in Agatha Christie Marple Series 4 ($59.99; Acorn). The new Miss Marple is Julia McKenzie, of...
- 8/5/2009
- by Michael Giltz
- Huffington Post
Agatha Christie gifted the world with a series of mysteries so intricate and well-conceived that her name has a legendary aura in the world of mystery literature. With so much source material in the Agatha Christie library it really should come as no surprise that Agatha Christie: Poirot and Agatha Christie Marple, brilliant adaptations of two of her most famous detectives, feature compelling stories for viewers who find the offerings of the small and silver screens sorely lacking in good whodunits. David Suchet and Joan Hickson embody the characters with such familiarity and comfortable style that make each installment a feature-film quality presentation.
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
- 7/31/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Agatha Christie gifted the world with a series of mysteries so intricate and well-conceived that her name has a legendary aura in the world of mystery literature. With so much source material in the Agatha Christie library it really should come as no surprise that Agatha Christie: Poirot and Agatha Christie Marple, brilliant adaptations of two of her most famous detectives, feature compelling stories for viewers who find the offerings of the small and silver screens sorely lacking in good whodunits. David Suchet and Joan Hickson embody the characters with such familiarity and comfortable style that make each installment a feature-film quality presentation.
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
- 7/31/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
Agatha Christie gifted the world with a series of mysteries so intricate and well-conceived that her name has a legendary aura in the world of mystery literature. With so much source material in the Agatha Christie library it really should come as no surprise that Agatha Christie: Poirot and Agatha Christie Marple, brilliant adaptations of two of her most famous detectives, feature compelling stories for viewers who find the offerings of the small and silver screens sorely lacking in good whodunits. David Suchet and Joan Hickson embody the characters with such familiarity and comfortable style that make each installment a feature-film quality presentation.
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
Keep in mind that this box set is by no means a complete collection of either series, but rather a compilation of the two with a rhyme and reason to the selections. The Poirot mysteries aren’t even a random selection of the so-called “best” of the...
- 7/31/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
DVD Playhouse—July 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents...
By
Allen Gardner
Do The Right Thing: 20th Anniversary Edition (Universal) Spike Lee’s groundbreaking fable about race relations in an ethnically mixed Brooklyn neighborhood during a sweltering New York summer remains as potent, timely and prescient as it was in 1989. Lee is among the cast, which also includes John Turturro, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and Rosie Perez (to name a few), that provide the tableaux-like framework for this stunning work. Criminally ignored by Oscar (it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture, but did garner nods for Supporting Actor Danny Aiello and Lee’s screenplay), it endures as a timeless classic. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Lee, Ernest Dickerson, Wynn Thomas, Joie Lee; Documentary; Deleted and extended scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.
Coraline (Universal) A young girl moves into an old Victorian house with her parents...
- 7/14/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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