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John McEnery

Jane Seymour, Patrick McGoohan

Starmaker Entertainment / R&G, 1996

Jane Seymour at her best!
This is far better than Hitchcock's version of "Jamaica Inn". Jane Seymour never looked more beautiful than in this compelling, beautifully filmed mini-series. The cast is great, the scenery breathtaking (just like Seymour!), & the combination of suspense & romance ...

The Moon Spinners (The Hayley Mills Collection, Vol. 4)

Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach

Walt Disney Home Video, 1998

Loved this movie
I'm giving it 5 stars because the movie is really good. If you love Haley Mills you have to have it. The plot is exciting and holds your interest. I agree though the movie should be widescreen but had to give it 5 stars on my impression of the movie and not the DVD and ...

Gulag

David Keith, Malcolm McDowell

HBO, 1989

Gulag gets it right!
I can't believe the reviewer from East Asia. Somehow he/she missed the point. The point was to depict what was going on in the Soviet Union at a time Soviet revisionists in the West were writing that the Soviet system was strong, viable, and was transforming into some ...

Black Beauty (Clam)

Sean Bean, David Thewlis

Warner Home Video, 1994

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 ...

Abraham (1994)

Richard Harris, Barbara Hershey

Turner Home Ent, 1996

Excellent.
Richard Harris was extra-ordinary. The video provided insight to Abraham's and Sarah's character. We often think that the Bible characters were in constant contact with God and that they always felt His presence. This shows us that there were times when Abraham ...

The Krays - Bound by Blood

Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp

Miramax Films, 1994

Stylized vision of violence
I have 80% of my VHS and DVD collection at my workplace; coworkers are free to sign out a video. No one, except me, likes "The Krays." I love it. The style, the color, the pacing (especially the pacing), make this movie strong and gripping. I love that the Kray ...

Romeo & Juliet (1968)

Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey

Paramount, 1996

Cupid, He Rules Us All
In 1968 Franco Zeffirelli wowed critics and audiences alike with his filmed version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He cast two unknown actors in the title roles. Romeo was played by Leonard Whiting, who captured the angst and anti-war sentiment of his generation ...

Victim

Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms

Pathé-America Distributing Company, 2000

Roger Ebert, 2004: The film; Dirk Bogarde
Victim (1961) BY ROGER EBERT / May 23, 2004 Recent critics find "Victim" timid in its treatment of homosexuality, but viewed in the context of Great Britain in 1961, it's a film of courage. How much courage can be gauged by the fact that it was originally banned ...

Hamlet (1990)

Mel Gibson, Glenn Close

Warner Home Video, 1995

This is the best movie version of Hamlet.
Mel Gibson is a bit too old to play the young Hamlet, but he is very believable. He has awesome facial expressions when he realizes Ophelia is dead. Glenn Close also plays a wonderful Gertrude. When she is dying from the poisoned wine, she, too, has awesome facial ...

The Word

David Janssen, James Whitmore

Starmaker Entertainment, 1992

As described on the back of the video set:
In the dank catacombs beneath Ostia, Italy, an archeologist discovers an ancient manuscript that could turn the Christian world into chaos. Said to contain the writings of Christ's younger brother, James the Just, the faded document ignites the religious world with ...

Tunes of Glory

Alec Guinness, John Mills

Homevision, 2000

Collision Course
"Tunes of Glory" tells the story of what happens when the proverbial irresistible force meets the immovable object. Alec Guinness in the persona of Major Jock Sinclair represents the former, and John Mills represents the latter in role of Lt. Colonel Basil Barrow, who ...

Duellists

Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel

Paramount, 1994

Add my five to the list
This is a GREAT film. Buy it, watch it -- again and again. Someone said it is based on a story by Joseph Conrad. I am not sure of this, but I do know there is good reason to believe that this story, or something very much like, it happened in real life. Most people ...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Justine Waddell, Jason Flemyng

A & E Home Video, 1998

A Jewel
There was some terrific acting in this mini series, specifically from Justine Waddell, Jason Flyming and Oliver MIlburn. This film has a dark ending, but the production itself is not. There are many light moments to overcome the tragedy that is unfolding. Tess is a ...

The Word

David Janssen, James Whitmore

Starmaker Entertainment, 1996

As described on the back of the video set:
In the dank catacombs beneath Ostia, Italy, an archeologist discovers an ancient manuscript that could turn the Christian world into chaos. Said to contain the writings of Christ's younger brother, James the Just, the faded document ignites the religious world with ...

The Plot to Kill Hitler

Brad Davis, Madolyn Smith Osborne

Warner Home Video, 1995

Tragic Heroism
One would be hard pressed to find a tale more inspiring and devastating than the plot to kill Adolf Hitler on July 20th, 1944. Led by Colonel Claus Josef Von Stauffenberg, a high ranking German officer, devout Catholic, scholar and badly wounded veteran of WW1, ...