JUSTINE WADDELL

"ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) Review

Years ago, I used to watch a great deal of old চলচ্চিত্র on late night television. My two পছন্দ channels that offered these চলচ্চিত্র were Turner Network টেলিভিশন (TNT) and the American চলচ্চিত্র Classic (AMC), which used to air চলচ্চিত্র without any commercial breaks. On TNT, I had stumbled across a Western movie originally released দ্বারা MGM Studios in 1953 called "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) and fell in প্রণয় with it. After watching my recently purchased DVD copy of the movie, I could see why it became a পছন্দ of mine.

Directed দ্বারা John Sturges during the...

THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF "HEAVEN AND HELL: NORTH AND SOUTH BOOK III" (1994)

Any অনুরাগী of the John Jakes’ NORTH AND SOUTH trilogy would be আরো than happy to tell আপনি that the worst entry in the author’s saga about two American families in the mid 19th century was the last one, "HEAVEN AND HELL: North and South Book III". Those অনুরাগী would be speaking of the 1994 টেলিভিশন adaptation, not the novel itself. Unlike many of these fans, I do not share their low opinion of the three-part miniseries. But I will not deny that "HEAVEN AND HELL" had its share of problems. Below is a তালিকা of I consider...

Below is my review of the 2004 BBC miniseries, "NORTH AND SOUTH", which is an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel:


"NORTH AND SOUTH" (2004) Review

If someone had told me years পূর্বে that I would find myself watching the 2004 BBC টেলিভিশন adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s 1855 novel, let alone purchase a DVD copy of the miniseries, I would have dismissed that person’s notion as inconceivable. I have never shown any পূর্ববর্তি interest in ”NORTH AND SOUTH”. And I am still baffled at how I suddenly became interested in it.

Mind you, I have been aware of the 2004 miniseries for the...