DVD: Eleanor Bron

DVD: Eleanor Bron

DVD:

Eleanor Bron

Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney

Sony Pictures, 2001

A splendid and justified adaptation
The melancholic tale of rapacious Lily Bart, that was so meticulously and brilliantly written by Edith Wharton, deserves to be depicted onscreen with the same fluidity, subtleties and emotive presence as the novel, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that director ...

A Little Princess

Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron

Warner Home Video, 1997

Great Movie
Honestly, people need to get over themselves! I'm sorry everything can't be like the book, but it's hollywood for godsakes!! If every movie was like the book it originated from, the movie would be 6 hours long. Get real! Anyways, I DID read the book, and while the ...

A Little Princess / The Secret Garden

Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron

Warner Home Video, 2006

Wide screen works fine
I am soooo glad that I took a chance and ordered this item anyway, even after reading the reviews on this page! The widescreen is available on the flip side of the DVD. So this turns out to be a great buy!

Iris

Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent

Miramax, 2002

Deeply moving
Having just finished watching "Iris" on DVD, I'm still of two minds about having watched it. The performance by Dame Judi Dench is breathtakingly brilliant as the famous novelist and philosopher, Dame Iris Murdoch. The story encompasses her youth as a student at ...

Two for the Road

Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney

20th Century Fox, 2005

I Cried at the ending!
My god this movie is so touching and romantic. It is perhaps the only movie that I cried since Titanic. The best performance from Audrey Hepburn and my most favorite movie after Sabrina and My Fair Lady. I was surprise when watching this movie because it is not the ...

Black Beauty

Sean Bean, David Thewlis

Warner Home Video, 1999

The Beauty of Black Beauty
In this work, screen writer and director Carolyne Thompson and composer Danny Elfman, collaborators in such works as Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas, and others reunite to create their version of Anna Sewell's classic novel Black Beauty. Set in the ...

Women in Love

Alan Bates, Oliver Reed

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

Women In Love - DVD
A most superb and touching period piece which unfolds the struggle of 4 adults - 2 couples - to come to grips, literatlly, with their sexuality including the homoerotic yearning of one of the males.

Wimbledon

Kirsten Dunst, Paul Bettany

Universal Studios, 2004

Best Sports-themed Romantic Comedy in ages
For me, there's nothing like a good romantic comedy, and when the story is set in the sports world, my interest level can be counted on to double. This one has a tennis theme, so naturally I checked it out as soon as it became available on DVD. British journeyman ...

Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collection (Wyrd Sisters / Soul Music)

Christopher Lee, Graham Crowden

Acorn Media, 2008

An absolute "must-have" for fans of humorous fantasy
Terry Pratchett's Discworld Collection: Wyrd Sisters & Soul Music collects the animated adaptions of two of Terry Pratchett's widely beloved Discworld fantasy series. Created by the award-winning animators of Cosgrove Hall Films, these DVDs faithfully bring both novels ...

Bedazzled

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

20th Century Fox, 2007

scratched records, doo-das and red socks
Elizabeth Hurley as the Devil? What's the point then of a separate character, Lust? And Brendan Fraser? Find me a woman anywhere who'd not give him a tryout. I don't even need to hear any more. This original was genius. Dudley Moore's "Stanley Moon" really IS ...

Wimbledon (Full Screen Edition)

Bedazzled (1967) / Bedazzled (2000) (Double Take)

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore

20th Century Fox, 2008

So funny!!!!
When I watched this movie for the first time, I was convinced that it was one of the best laugh-out-loud movies in the movie aisle!!!! Elizabeth Hurley is the perfect Devil, and Brendan her perfect naive victim! With all of the funny scenes and the sexual innuendo, at ...

The Heart of Me

Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams

Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, 2004

If you liked this one...
If you enjoyed Heart of Me as I did, I would also suggest the movie "Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights" (with Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche) and "Till Human Voices Wake Us" (also with Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce). Wuthering Heights is chilling and the ...

Alfie

Michael Caine, Shelley Winters

Paramount, 2001

Charming Misanthrope
It took me a number of years to finally catch up with "Alfie" and, boy, did I have a misconception about the film. I thought Alfie was a free-spirited dandy who loves and leaves the ladies. Little did I know that he's a self-loathing misogynist.It's a brilliant ...

Sherlock Holmes - The Hound of the Baskervilles

Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill

Image Entertainment, 1999

Probably the best
With the exception of the cheesy merry-go-round dog attack at the beginning of this TV movie, this version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is superb. Ian Richardson plays Holmes with a flair that matches the great Jeremy Brett. It's a shame that Richardson's Holmes ...