03/01/2021 by Peter Viney
Paul F. Newman wrote an article on Agatha Christie, focussing particularly on TEN LITTLE INDIANS reviewed yestrday. He gave permission for me to reproduce it on this site. So, for much more on Agatha Christie and versions of And Then There Were None, see Paul F. Newman’s 2007 article: Agatha Christie: Deduction in a dell’arte maskreprinted on this site.
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02/01/2021 by Peter Viney
It’s been a while since I added to the 60s Retrospective series. This is TEN LITTLE INDIANS from 1965, a version of Agatha Christie’s And Then There were None, but with a happier ending.
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27/12/2020 by Peter Viney
While we’re putting up these In English Book 3 songs, we might as well do more. This is Gerry Goffin & Carole King’s “I Want To Stay Here” (LINKED) – it was a big hit back in the day, but doesn’t appear on any Goffin-King compilations.
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26/12/2020 by Peter Viney
Just put up the first audio file here. STAY from In English-Book 3, our cover of Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs classic (as also done by The Four Seasons, The Hollies, Jackson Browne). This was specially recorded for IN ENGLISH (now out of print). Follow the link to the page.
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20/12/2020 by Peter Viney
Christmas and the Oscar season means new films are coming thick and fast, and this year that’s on Netflix. MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (linked) is a predicted Best actor / Best actress for Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis. They may be right. It’s based on August Wilson’s stage play and is a snapshot, a day in the life, not a bio-pic. A must-see, though it has some issues.
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19/12/2020 by Peter Viney
Review added of Netflix musical THE PROM (linked) … with a stellar cast, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells. A major 2020 version of the 2018 Broadway Musical. No plot spoilers or joke giveaways at all, as it’s on now.
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18/12/2020 by Peter Viney
My annual review of reviews BEST OF 2020 is linked. I usually do three, but I’ll do two this year. Recorded music to follow, as I’m waiting for more to arrive. This is different. Very different. Theatre? Up to the end of February. Film? All except one was seen at home. Only two concerts … and lots of 60s Retrospective reviews. Take a look …
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08/12/2020 by Peter Viney
This year, it’s a question of Netflix or Amazon Prime rather than Odeon v Cineworld. The latest review is MANK on Netflix, (SEE LINK) the “Citizen Kane” prequel or how Citizen Kane was written by Herman Mankiewicz (and not by Orson Welles). Gary Oldman, Tom Burke, Charles Dance … hold on, they’re all British. See the review.
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15/11/2020 by Peter Viney
The 60s Retrospective series adds TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU, (linked) a 1970 British comedy. On the surface the cast looked solid … Oliver Reed, Hayley Mills, Noel Harrison, John Bird and cameos from Sheila Hancock and Penelope Keith. Script by George Melly, directed by Jonathan “Alice in Wonderland” Miller. Trouble is, it was several years too late for its Swingin’ Sixties storyline. Oliver Reed and Hayley Mills? It’s like watching Bill Sikes from ‘Oliver’ trying to seduce Pollyanna.
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14/11/2020 by Peter Viney
A return to the 60s Retrospective series with a film about an American blond- haired, arrogant, racist narcissist in a position of power. Not not that one. This is the 1967 film about Custer starring Robert Shaw. CUSTER OF THE WEST (follow link). Among the many films about Custer this was the last before the revisionist view of Little Big Man. As this is mainly about fiction v history, you probably don’t need to have seen the film.
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