DVD Review– The Fall, Series 2 Late in the second series of The Fall, a serial killer looks into a video and asks, “Why are you watching this?” A good question, I told myself. The Fall has a lot going for it, particularly the magnificent Gillian Anderson in the lead role, and a palpable […]
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THE TOP TEN EDITH HEAD MOVIES
THE TOP TEN EDITH HEAD MOVIES Trying to select the ten best films featuring costumes designed by Edith Head verges on the impossible. Even she lost track of how many films she’d worked on. She began her career in the 1920s dressing elephants (she mistakenly used real flowers, which the pachyderms promptly ate) and ended […]
Top Ten Thrillers which were adapted into Films
Top Ten Thrillers which were adapted into Films There are famous examples of thrillers that improve on the source novel, but more often even a good film version falls short. This top ten is ordered chronologically. The Riddle of the Sands (1903) is famous mainly because it is seen as the first proper espionage […]