When I first heard this project was in the works, I groaned. I’m not a Beatles fan, never have been. The first time I saw a picture of the group I immediately recognized Paul McCartney as the guy who tried to steal Michael Jackson‘s girl, but thought that whoever this other band was they were [...]
Read More Aaron Johnson, Beatles, biography, blu-ray, drama, DVD, John Lennon, Kristin Scott Thomas, music, Noah, Nowhere Boy, RStephan Elliott‘s Easy Virtue, based on Noel Coward‘s 1925 play, offers further evidence that the peculiar world of affluent country life in Britain between the First and Second World Wars persists as an object of both fascination and scorn. Elliot has certainly produced a much closer adaptation than the 1928 silent version (the second film [...]
Read More Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, comedy, DVD, Easy Virtue, Jessical Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Noel Coward, PG-13, romance, Stephan Elliott, willThis was the must-see at The Telluride Film Festival in 2008 – even more so than was Slumdog Millionaire. I was fortunate to see it at the Opera House on opening night – I spoke with more than a few fellow patrons who were turned away from packed houses, some repeatedly. And it was a [...]
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