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Mr. Hatcher Introduces MR. HOLMES

July 15, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Mr. Hatcher Introduces MR. HOLMES

MR. HOLMES is not the first time Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted a work from one medium to another. In this case it was Mitch Cullen’s novel about Sherlock Holmes’ later years, A Slight Trick of the Mind, and we had a lively discussion on April 25, 2015, about the art of what to leave out,… Read More »

Tagged With: A Confederacy of Dunces, A Slight Trick of the Mind, A Study in Scarlet, Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, book to screen, cocaine, coke freak, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Ian McKellan, Ignatius J. Reilly, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jeremy Brett, John Kennedy Toole, Mitch Cullen, Nick Offerman, Nicol Williamson, Sherlock Holmes

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

January 4, 2015 By Leave a Comment

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

And so it is our last visit to Middle Earth, and a bittersweet one it is.  Peter Jackson’s finale to his pair of trilogies is a triumph of spectacle and humanity, notwithstanding that the human beings of the piece are not the main characters. It’s only flaw, and that is a relative one, is that… Read More »

Tagged With: books to film, cinema, fantasy, film, Ian McKellan, J.R.R. Tolkein, Martin Freeman, Peter Jackson, review, sequel

Ralph Fiennes is CORIOLANUS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Ralph Fiennes is CORIOLANUS

When I spoke to Ralph Fiennes in London by phone, the first thing we talked about was the remarkable 1984 Royal National Theatre staging of Coriolanus in 1984 starring Ian McKellan. We had both seen it and one of the high points of talking to Fiennes was the way he recalled McKellan’s performance as only… Read More »

Tagged With: Coriolanus, drama, Ian McKellan, Ralph Fiennes, Shakespeare, stage to screen, Vanessa Redgrave

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