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Look Back in Anger (1985)
Great film from a past time TV.
I saw this on TV in the 80's and I have never forgotten it. Having read Osborne's plays at the university, it was a pleasure to watch his best piece portrayed in such a brilliant way and with such great actors. McDowell, of course, excels as Jimmy, but the rest of the ensemble is on par with him. You wonder whatever happened to McDowell's career afterwards, considering the fact he was such a fine actor. One can even forgive him for having been in that horrid thing called Caligula.Too bad it is impossible to find a copy of this made-for-TV movie, considering the time and the fact that maybe there isn't any record of it left. Still, if you can find it among your old VHS tapes, give it a try. I'm sure you will be impressed.
Dracula (2013)
Disappointing retelling of a great story.
I saw the pilot, thinking that Rhys-Meyers would keep the high standards of "The Tudors". Being a life-long lover of vampire stories, I was sorely disappointed by this new take on the classical story of the Count. Although production values are decent, the script, the dialogues and the narrative are hardly appealing to the viewer. Showing all the elements that make up a story is not equal to deprive the viewers of their involvement as co-creators of the plot. We can only hope that writers will correct this in-your-face disclosure and provide us with more hints to not being boringly certain about what is going to happen. Dracula is too complex a character to make him just a corporate tycoon looking for revenge and nothing else. It remains to be seen if mystery and true horror can redeem the show in the future.