Count Basie At Carnegie Hall (DVD)

Advantages: Great DVD
Disadvantages: None

...Music Hall Days is a truly wonderful DVD programme. It is released through Green Umbrella and is presented by Lionel Blair. The programme was filmed at the headquarters of the Grand Order of Water Rats, at the Grays Inn Road, London. The programme starts by shoeing some sombre shots of old closed down music halls. Crumbling ruins and demolition sites are their fate, now. The music halls, the implication was, will never come back. But as Lionel Blair points out, "we still have the songs of music hall." And, fortunately, many of the acts were captured on film. As Blair points out, there is more to music hall than "just" singing. Music hall encompassed all sots of acts, from "dancing to juggling." Indeed, one of the bills displayed on the programme includes operatic arias, comedians and comediennes, a female impressionist (a... Read review

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Advantages: Good action, looks great, fantastic story
Disadvantages: Average script and acting, misses lots out from the book

...is now married to his enemy and they are living in Paris. So he goes off and tracks them down, and with his new-found wealth, he can finally get his vengeance on all those that betrayed him, under the pretence of the Count of Monte Cristo? As I said, I do like this genre of film anyway, so I was always going to enjoy this. It has everything an adventure film should have: a gripping storyline, a dastardly villain (but not over the top), some great swashbuckling action, stunning locations and costumes, and even buried treasure. The acting from the two leads is fine, if not ground-breaking, with Guy Pearce being cast perfectly as the baddie due to his evil grin. There are also appearances from the late Richard Harris as Faria, and possibly someone off Taggart playing Napoleon Bonaparte; see if you recognise him! The woman who plays... Read review

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