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Pallisers 12:24: Almost there (for our heroes & heroines too); the next generation
Our heroines whose names at this point are: Glencora, Duchess of Omnium (Susan Hampshire) and Mrs Marie Finn (Barbara Murray) Dear Friends, I’ve put on this blog a summary of the episodes of thi… more →
Ellen And Jim Have A Blog, Two
The book-loving moviegoer's dilemma: Should I read 'The Lovely Bones' before seeing the film?
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Thom Geier wrote 2 days ago: Peter Jackson’s big-screen adaptation of The Lovely Bones lands in theaters this Friday, which … more →
Films & Books
chrislima90 wrote 5 days ago: There is a very interesting and exciting discussion going on at the moment at the LMCS Yahoo Group a … more →
...based on the book of the same name.
alexdonald wrote 6 days ago: My sister has been ill all week, struck down with the lurgy, and I have had a few plan-less evenings … more →
Pallisers 12:24: Almost there (for our heroes & heroines too); the next generation
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ellenandjim wrote 2 weeks ago: Our heroines whose names at this point are: Glencora, Duchess of Omnium (Susan Hampshire) and Mrs Ma … more →
John Hillcoat, director of 'The Road,' on adapting the Pulitzer-winning novel
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Keith Staskiewicz wrote 2 weeks ago: T.S. Eliot predicted that the world would end with a whimper rather than a bang, but this month it w … more →
Pallisers 12:24: An Elegiac Culmination: Life has not many things better than this .... and Sudeley Castle
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ellenandjim wrote 2 weeks ago: In the afternoon, as we were driven rapidly along in the post chaise, he said to me, “Life has … more →
The boys are back
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whisperinggums wrote 3 weeks ago: Southern end of the Fleurieu Peninsula, taken 2007 I would like to say that the real star of Scott H … more →
Costume drama movies ca 1960s to 80s: Daisy Miller and The Europeans (with comments on Maurice, Jefferson in Paris, and the 2009 Emma)
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ellenandjim wrote 3 weeks ago: Gertrude Wentworth (Lisa Eichhorn) in landscape with gazebo, 1979 Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala Europeans … more →
Freaky Friday
yelizavet wrote 3 weeks ago: Happy Friday the 13th everyone! Now that the blood is gradually running back to my fingers, I think … more →
Modernizing Shakespeare
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Keith Staskiewicz wrote 1 month ago: If William Shakespeare were around today it’s unclear whether he’d have made it as a playwright. My … more →
Harry Potter and the Deathly Lawyers: Warner Bros. blocks a fan's Potter-themed dinner party
Thom Geier wrote 1 month ago: If you’re planning to host a Halloween dinner this weekend and sell tickets online, you might … more →
Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and Tony Richardson's Tom Jones compared
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ellenandjim wrote 1 month ago: The slow motion duel from Barry Lyndon Dear Friends, I’ve been meaning to make a blog on Stanl … more →
Reading Lolita
yelizavet wrote 1 month ago: Seriously, TGIF. I got my first paycheck today from the ARC today, spent a tiny chunk of it at Whole … more →
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
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freelanceallison wrote 1 month ago: I’m a little speechless, but have a lot of thoughts and opinions about this book at the same t … more →
From 'Wild Things' to Pigeons: Could other children's books become movies for grown-ups?
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Thom Geier wrote 1 month ago: Now that Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are suggests that the primary audience for movies … more →
Film screenings
Claire Wood wrote 1 month ago: The 1958 adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities. The Film and Literature Programme of The Department of … more →
Jane Campion's Bright Star: yet another lovesick writer
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ellenandjim wrote 1 month ago: Abbie Cornish mothering Ben Whishaw as Keats and Fanny Dear friends Isabel and I went to see Jane Ca … more →
The gritty viewing gets grittier...
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whisperinggums wrote 1 month ago: Miranda Otto, 2006 (Photo by Diane Krauss, via Wikipedia, using Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0) A few … more →
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Jolt wrote 1 month ago: Book Cove: Mrs. Dalloway Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf is considered to be one of the best novels … more →
