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Cinema Experience – ‘Sense and Sensibility’ (1995)

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Last weekend, my parents and I checked out the 30th anniversary re-release of the 1995 film ‘Sense and Sensibility’ at the cinema. We had a great time checking out this film on the big screen and it’s amazing to think that it was 30 years ago that this movie was made. Continue reading

2 Quick Movie Reviews – ‘Alice In Wonderland’ (2010) & ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’ (2016)

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I’ve seen the two Disney live-action films based on Lewis Carroll’s works featuring Alice, including the 2010 film ‘Alice In Wonderland’ and the 2016 film ‘Alice Through The Looking Glass’. I’ve enjoyed both films on Disney+, but they’re not great films and they’re loosely based on their source material. Continue reading

Quick DVD Box Set Review – ‘Die Hard Collection’

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Well, I’ve finally seen them! I’ve seen the five films of ‘Die Hard’ starring Bruce Willis as John McClane. I know, right? Imagine me watching these movies! I didn’t think that would happen either! My Dad purchased them for my Mum since she (and we) enjoyed the ‘Mission: Impossible’ movies! Continue reading

‘The World of Jane Austen’ Revisited

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As we’re currently having a repeat of ‘The Austen Code’, the first story of ‘The Salvador Trilogy’ in ‘The Fifth Doctor by Tim Bradley’ series this month, I thought you’d like to know that there are some reviews by me on adaptations of Jane Austen’s works. This is included on The World of Jane Austen page by me on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. I encourage you to check out my reviews on these adaptations. Continue reading

Quick DVD review – ‘The Barchester Chronicles’

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As I said in my new Drama page post last week, I’ve now added my DVD review on ‘The Barchester Chronicles’. This is a seven-part BBC TV serial, based on the books by Anthony Trollope. The serial stars Donald Pleasance, Nigel Hawthorne, Alan Rickman, Clive Swift, Geraldine McEwan and Susan Hampshire. Continue reading

Four New ‘Jane Austen’ DVD Reviews

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I’ve now added four new DVD reviews on adaptations of four romantic novels by Jane Austen to The World of Jane Austen page on ‘Bradley’s Basement’! These include the 1995 film of ‘Sense & Sensibility’ and the 2007 TV movie versions of ‘Mansfield Park’, ‘Northanger Abbey’ and ‘Persuasion’. Click on the links before to see my reviews. Continue reading

Alan Rickman 1946-2016

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I’m sorry to be the bearer of sad news, but it turns out that Alan Rickman has sadly passed away today at the age of 69. This is such a shock and my prayers and thoughts are with his family who were with him when he died. Alan passed away after a long battle with cancer and he will be sorely missed. Continue reading