By Joy Cassidy Not having seen the West End production, I was able to watch Tom Hooper’s version of Les Miserables with no notion as to whether it was faithful adaptation or whether one version was better than the other. I was simply presented with a tragic love story told in epic proportion, beautifully cast and wonderfully gritty.
By Joy Cassidy Based on Lee Child’s novel One Shot, Tom Cruise plays the title role in Christopher McQuarrie’s thriller Jack Reacher. Ex-military man Reacher is a loner, unreachable and untouchable, until he’s called on by a murder suspect facing death row.
By Joy Cassidy Sam Mendes is the latest director to take on the British institute that is James Bond with its 50th anniversary film “Skyfall”. Some more recent Bond films have deviated away from tradition, straight forward plots and good old-fashioned espionage.
Anna Karenina is an enchanting story of love, in all its complexities, retold by some of Britain’s greatest actors and actresses, writes Joy Cassidy. Not least Keira Knightley; sometimes criticised for her one-dimensional acting, portrays Anna (in all of her dimensions) perfectly.
By Curtis Evans Love them or hate them, Superhero films are a Hollywood staple not about to disappear anytime soon. In fact as Avengers Assemble proves, they are only getting bigger.
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