Below is a list of my current favorite screen adaptations of Charles Dickens' novels and short stories: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below is a gallery of images from the 2025 Netflix limited mystery series, "THE RESIDENCE". Inspired by Kate Andersen Brower's 2015 book, "The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower", the limited series was created by Paul Williams Davies and starred Uzo Aduba: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from "WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY", the third film in the "KNIVES OUT" series.
Written and directed by Rian Johnson, the movie starred Daniel Craig: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below is my ranking of the straightforward screen adaptations of Jane Austen's 1813 novel, "Pride and Prejudice": ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from Disney Plus/Lucasfilm's 2024 streaming limited series, "STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE". Created by Leslye Headland, the series starred Amandla Stenberg in a duel role: ( Read more...Collapse )

Below is a list of my favorite episodes from Season One of "HOUSE OF THE DRAGON", HBO's adaptation of George R. R. Martin's 2018 novel, "Fire & Blood". The series was created by Martin and Ryan Condal: ( Read more...Collapse )

SECOND LOOK: "PEARL" (1978)

After recently watching the 2001 Michael Bay movie, "PEARL HARBOR", I decided to watch "PEARL", the three-part miniseries that aired on ABC back in 1978. Watching it made me realize how many years had passed since I last saw it. ( Read more...Collapse )

Below are images from "THE SOUND OF MUSIC", the 1965 Academy Award winning adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical and Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir, "The Story of the Trapp Family Singers". Directed by Robert Wise, the movie starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer: ( Read more...Collapse )

"THE LOVE TRIANGLES OF 'LOST'"

If there was one aspect of ABC's "LOST" that rubbed many fans and viewers the wrong way was the so-called "love triangle" between three major characters - Dr. Jack Shephard, Kate Austen and James "Sawyer" Ford. Many viewed this triangle as the series' weakest aspect. Ironically, this "triangle" did not prove to be the only one featured during the series' run. ( Read more...Collapse )