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Below is a list of my favorite television productions set during the 1810s: ( Collapse )

"FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" (1981) Review

If James Bond fans and critics had judged all of EON Productions’ 1981 movie, "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY" solely on its pre-credit sequence, the movie probably would have barely made a dime at the box office. Worse, it would have been regarded as the worst movie in the entire Bond franchise. Thankfully, the rest of the movie proved to be far superior to its atrocious opening sequence. ( Collapse )

"VANITY FAIR" (1987) Review

I found myself wondering how many adaptations of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847-1848 novel there have been. As it turned out, this is one piece of literature that has been adapted countless number of times - in film, radio and television. I have seen at least five adaptations myself. And one of them turned out to be the sixteen-part television miniseries that aired on the BBC in 1987. ( Collapse )

Below are images from the 1981 James Bond movie, "FOR YOUR EYES ONLY". Based upon two of Ian Fleming's 1960 short stories, "For Your Eyes Only" and "Risco", and directed by John Glen; the movie starred Roger Moore as James Bond aka 007: ( Collapse )

Below are images from "VANITY FAIR", the 1987 television adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847-1848 novel. Written by Alexander Baron, and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and Michael Owen Morris; the miniseries starred Eve Matheson: ( Collapse )

"RECAPTURING THE 'MAGIC' OF 'STAR WARS'"

When a good number of critics and STAR WARS fans start talking about how Lucasfilm and the Disney Studios need to recapture the "magic", I could not help but wonder what "magic" to which they were referring. The "magic" of Disney's first film in the franchise, "STAR WARS: EPISODE VII - THE FORCE AWAKENS"? The six films that George Lucas had produced between 1977 and 2005? Or the "magic" of the franchise’s Original Trilogy? ( Collapse )

"STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE" (1977) Review

Long ago (thirty-five years and seven months, to be exact) and in a galaxy far, far away, producer-director-writer George Lucas made film history with the release of his movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE". Only, during the summer of 1977, it was simply known as "STAR WARS". And this science-fiction/fantasy homage to Saturday morning serials and mythology was something that moviegoers had never seen before. ( Collapse )

Below are images from the 1977 movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE". Directed by George Lucas, the movie starred Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Alec Guinness: ( Collapse )

With the recent release of the new James Bond movie, "SKYFALL", I have made a new ranking of all the Bond films produced and released by EON Productions (do not expect to find 1967's "CASINO ROYALE" or 1983's "NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN" on this list) from favorite to least favorite: ( Collapse )