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Has Anyone Seen Sunday? No? We'll Have To Walk!

Advantages: A "Grimm-er" Live Action (PG) Take on This Classic Brothers Grimm Tale, Directed by the Screenwriter/Co-Author of Edward Scissorhands (Caroline Thompson)
Disadvantages: Possibly Not Suitable for Younger Children (not Disney Animation "Pretty-Pretty" version) - Miranda Richardson dominates the action and steals the show as the stepmother.

...and false loyalty from "The Snow Queen" (by Hans Christian Anderson). Unlike most telling of the tale, in this version, John (played by Tom Irwin) and his wife Josephine (Vera Farmiga) are not King and Queen - but rather a peasant couple living in the Forest. As she pricks her finger on a thorn from her roses, and the drop of blood drops on fallen apple blossoms, she desires a child with hair like ebony, skin as white as the apple blossoms and mouth ...
...baby, and so Snow White is born, and her mother, living only to name her baby, dies. The distraught father buries his wife and seeks to find food for his baby, struggling through a winter storm and falling at last exhausted, weeping inconsolably. Where his tears fall into the snow-covered ground, they melt an icy prison of enchantment of "The Green-Eyed One" - who offers him the customary wishes. The wish for sustenance for his daughter results in ...

jesi 28.12.2005 · Read full review
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The life of our Lord

Advantages: Fantastic acting, direction, location
Disadvantages: None at all

...serialisation of Franco Zeffirelli's epic Jesus of Nazareth. When Dave asked me if there were any DVD's that I would like as part of my Christmas present I said that I would like the DVD of Jesus of Nazareth so that I could watch it again whenever I wanted to. The one that Dave got for me was the Special Edition DVD in a black metal case with a picture of the face of Jesus (Robert Powell) on the front. The DVD set consists of two discs each split ...
...follows: Robert Powell ... Jesus Christ Anne Bancroft ... Mary Magdalene Ernest Borgnine ... The Centurion Claudia Cardinale ... The Adulteress Valentina Cortese ... Herodias James Farentino ... Simon Peter James Earl Jones ... Balthazar Stacy Keach ... Barabbas Tony Lo Bianco ... Quintilius James Mason ... Joseph of Arimathea Ian McShane ... Judas Iscariot Laurence Olivier ... Nicodemus Donald Pleasence ... Melchior Christopher Plummer ... Herod ...

SusanLesley 19.02.2008 · Read full review
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Carve Her Name With Pride. A classic DVD

Advantages: A true story of a young woman during WW11
Disadvantages: May be uncomfortable viewing for some

...The Plot Carve Her Name With Pride is a dramatic story. It follows the true story of War heroine Violette Szabo. Violette, a fluent French speaker, who after the death of her husband, volunteered during the Second World War to be parachuted into France as a secret agent to re-organise the shattered French resistance movement. Her mission is fraught with danger and although she manages to parachute in successfully and obtain supplies for the Normandy ...
...in war torn France. Carve Her Name With Pride is well worth watching as it is not only a true story but an unusual slant on the typical war film. The subject matter is uncomfortable viewing at times yet it is in no way gratuitous and there are no horrific scenes of torture, yet you are in no doubt about what is happening. Violette Szabo was clearly a very brave young woman who believed in what she was doing. She took risks that I cannot Imagine myself ...

brittle1906 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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Devdas DVD - AMAZING SETS, BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES AND A GREAT CAST

Advantages: good cast, great cinematography
Disadvantages: its a little too coey for the guys

...The love triangle of Paro, Devdas and Chandramukhi. Chanrumukhi is the most interesting character to me because she is perceived by society as a strong 'iron maiden' type figure who can stand up to anyone. However it is she who ultimately sacrifices more than Paro as she devotes her life to serve and love Devdas. In my view this film definitely leaves the viewer entertained from start to finish ...

meghna 24.12.2009 · Read full review
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King of Kings - A Story of Jesus Vs the Romans

Advantages: A Good Drama
Disadvantages: Dodgy accents and unauthentic settings

...the life of Jesus. King of Kings is an example of a film that attempts to keep quite close to the original story told in the Bible. This portrayal is an example of one of the earlier attempts to tell the story on the screen and on the whole it works well. Watching this film today it is easy to forget that it was filmed as long ago as 1961. Unlike many of the films that followed this version, King of Kings lacked a multi-million budget of today's ...
...and directed by Nicholas Ray, King of Kings tells the story of Jesus set against the backdrop of Political unrest due to the Roman Conquest of the Holy Land. The story begins in Nazareth where Joseph is looking for shelter for the night for his heavily pregnant Wife, Mary. The streets are full of Roman Soldiers and there is fighting. A man called John the Baptist is preaching the good word and telling everyone that the Messiah is soon to come. It ...

micksheff 12.03.2007 · Read full review
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