Julie Christie - Screen Icons (Box Set)

Advantages: Great acting, direction and script
Disadvantages: You'll probably get all teary eyed!

...Peter (Highmore) is tentative in striking up a friendship with Barrie but soon he too is caught up with the ideas of pirates, fun and children that never grow up. All around them are images that play in to the imagination, helping to create the characters that are now so familiar. But it is Peter that truly is an inspiration to Barrie, making him invent the iconic character of Peter Pan. Of course, society will gossip about such relationships and Barrie suffers from this while creating his ultimate masterpiece. The joys and tragedies of Barrie's experiences are played out simultaneously with this creation. CREDITS: Cast - Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Radha Mitchell, Freddie Highmore, Dustin Hoffman, Julie Christie. Director - Mark Forester Screenwriter - David Magee Running Time 101 minutes SUMMARY: As usual, Johnny Depp is marvellous... Read review

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Advantages: the plots keep you watching for hours
Disadvantages: there is only 4 films

...This box set is brilliant. If your an agatha christie fan you will love this. The most famous fim of them all is included (murder on the orient express). In this you see famous faces such as sean connery and albert finney. This is a great film seeing the murder of one man. There are many clues and many red herrings. For those of you who have not seen this film i will not spoil it by saying what happens, all i will say is if you go on the orient express lock your door. The next best film in the collection is death on the nile, this has a cast of peter ustinov and david niven to name just a few. This is probably my favourite as it is set in the gorgeous setting of Egypt. Not only is the film brilliant and has many deaths it also has a big twist which for a first time viewer is unexpected. The views and sights you see of Eygpt really make... Read review

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Advantages: Wonderful cast, great to look at
Disadvantages: None that I can think of!

...BACKGROUND Agatha Christie is the most popular crime writer in history, her books selling more than two billion copies worldwide- she is undoubtedly the 'queen of crime.' It has been estimated that she has been outsold only by the Bible and William Shakespeare. Written in 1937, 'Death on the Nile' is as popular today as it has ever been. Set in Egypt primarily, Christie took much of her African inspiration from her interest in archaeology, as she travelled with her husband, the eminent archaeologist Max Mallowan on many field trips. It is this actual knowledge of the Egyptian area that makes the book so readable, and easy to translate onto the big screen. I was always a fan of Agatha Christie novels, having read 'Death on the Nile' when I was around eleven. I was immediately interested when I saw a copy of the 1978 classic 'Death... Read review

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