The Painted Veil (2006)

"ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) Review

Years ago, I used to watch a great deal of old Фильмы on late night television. My two Избранное channels that offered these Фильмы were Turner Network Телевидение (TNT) and the American Фильмы Classic (AMC), which used to air Фильмы without any commercial breaks. On TNT, I had stumbled across a Western movie originally released by MGM Studios in 1953 called "ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO" (1953) and fell in Любовь with it. After watching my recently purchased DVD copy of the movie, I could see why it became a Избранное of mine.

Directed by John Sturges during the...

THE MAJOR PROBLEMS OF "HEAVEN AND HELL: NORTH AND SOUTH BOOK III" (1994)

Any Фан of the John Jakes’ NORTH AND SOUTH trilogy would be еще than happy to tell Ты that the worst entry in the author’s saga about two American families in the mid 19th century was the last one, "HEAVEN AND HELL: North and South Book III". Those Фаны would be speaking of the 1994 Телевидение adaptation, not the novel itself. Unlike many of these fans, I do not share their low opinion of the three-part miniseries. But I will not deny that "HEAVEN AND HELL" had its share of problems. Below is a Список of I consider...