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Who Calls So Loud?

Advantages: Fantastic acting, lurid characters, excellent drama!
Disadvantages: VERY long but worth every minute!

This filmed version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's famous production of 'Nicholas Nickleby' is utterly timeless. In hours and hours of non-stop entertainment, virtually the whole novel is transposed to the stage, and much of Dickens's original lurid prose survives this translation. The huge cast narrates and dramatises the lengthy tale, encompassing virtually every theatrical genre. There is pantomime-style audience participation, farce, melodrama, ...
...the adventures of the young Nicholas Nickleby and his family. It opens as the Nicklebys arrive in London after the death of their father, and seek the support of their rich but harsh uncle, Ralph Nickleby. Nicholas is sent to become a schoolmaster in Yorkshire. The cruelty he finds there launches the story's main action. Nicholas finds himself Ralph's enemy, as well as the enemy of the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, and his grotesque family. On his ...

Olly_Plimsoll 23.04.2005 · Read full review
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Review of The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - The Royal Shakespeare Company (DVD)

A beautiful production of a poignant piece.

Advantages: Great acting and superb production
Disadvantages: Might need a few watches to fully understand it in its full genuis

...Plot Overview Death of a Salesman is a tragedy of Willy Loman, an everyman's character. The play is mainly concerned with the fulfillment of the American Dream, but it also shows the nuances of familial relationships and commercilalism. Willy is a failed salesman, who forces his aspirations and dreams onto his two sons, Biff and Happy. Biff had a promising future but soon has an epiphany and refuses to partakein the American dream, and chooses ...
...father's annoyance. His brother Happy is the assistant to one of the assistant buyers, but sees himself as a great success. Miller concentrates on how the characters lie to themselves about who and what they are, and this is ultimatly the downfall of the central characters. * Perhaps the highlight of this versions Dustin Hoffman's performance, animated and brilliant, which brought him the 1985 Emmy Award for Outstanding lead actor in a TV movie ...

arsenalskydivers 22.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Death Of A Salesman (DVD)

a chilling story for winter

Advantages: great story
Disadvantages: bit long

the winters tale is one of shakespears best tradgedies. it is a brutal story of murder, deciet, jealousy and revenge. i really enjoy this story. i have read the play and seen the film. it is a complex look at how morbid jealousy can cause pain and deverstation and how it can very quickly take over your life. the story overall is clear and very strong. the acting in this version is excellent and i think the actor playing Leotes gives a really good ...

boo32 02.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Winter's Tale - Complete Edition (DVD)

Moulin rouge is a musical admirers dream

Advantages: Great chemistry between main characters ,feel good film .
Disadvantages: The singing throughout the film can get a bit tiresome

In my opinion you must see the film if you like musicals, otherwise you might find the singing a bit off putting .At times the siniging can seem a bit over the top but in general this is what makes the film interesting.It is worth watching just to see the on screen chemistry between Ewan Mcgregor and Nicole Kidman they are a great pairing and seem to have good on screen presence allowing you to follow the romantic tale which is played out . The ...

pepsi27 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moulin Rouge (Special Edition) (DVD)

I'll watch this some more!

Advantages: great family film
Disadvantages: none

...remember loving the musical film Oliver! as a child and singing and dancing along to so many of the wonderful songs that accompanied the story. I was also lucky to see the West End production many years ago, long before Andrew Lloyd Webber took an interest with his search for a Nancy and an Oliver in the great series ‘I’d do Anything’. My daughters loved watching the TV shows and started picking up the words to some of the songs. Therefore when I ...
...in our big armchair watching Oliver! Oliver! (made in 1968)is based on the classic novel of Oliver Twist that was written by Charles Dickens. It tells the story of a poor workhouse boy who had the audacity to ask for more of the disgusting gruel that was served to all the boys daily while the workhouse governors were fed roast dinners. As a consequence Oliver is sold to the local undertaker where he is teased about his dead mother. Feeling desperate, ...

kingfisher111 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Oliver! (DVD)