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A stupendous George C Scott pulls all the stops out as Ebenezer Scrooge in this impressive 1984 American movie of Charles Dickens’s much-filmed yarn A Christmas Carol. ‘God bless us, every one!’ (Tiny Tim). Director […]
Director Edwin L Marin’s treasured antique American 1938 production of the Charles Dickens Christmas favourite A Christmas Carol is just right – warm, cosy and comforting. With a short running time of 70 minutes, it […]
The 1951 seasonal delight Scrooge [A Christmas Carol] is the simply best movie version of the Charles Dickens classic story A Christmas Carol. Alastair Sim gives a bravura performance as the old miserly skinflint Ebenezer […]
Written and directed by Mark Herman, this is an uneasy transfer to film of a great night out at London’s National Film Theatre – Jim Cartwright’s musical play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. […]
Noël Coward’s 1941 comedy Blithe Spirit is one of his finest plays. In 1945 Coward told film director David Lean: ‘Just photograph it, dear boy’, but Lean made changes, including a new ending ‘ruining my […]
Tim Burton’s 1988 dark American fantasy horror comedy film Beetlejuice is an early sign of his genius and a near-perfect little masterpiece. Tim Burton’s 1988 horror comedy film Beetlejuice features the cinema’s craziest attic, with […]
‘I see dead people’ – Cole Sear. Bruce Willis gives one of his best ever performances in this captivating, chilling and unique 1999 suspense thriller with a unique take, a brilliantly stylish way of going […]