All Seasons, Douglas

Advantages: Great Film! Very close to the play itself.
Disadvantages: Little Publicity...

...A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt showing the rise and fall of its main character, Sir Thomas More. Set in 16th century England, the play exposes many similarities between its era and ours. There are of course differences, with its strong theme of social hierarchy and the immense power harnessed by the reigning monarch, King Henry VIII. While there are still elements of these in Britain they are certainly far from apparent today. The social hierarchy is shown mainly through garments; the colour of the garment shows their position. Henry always wears gold and Wolsey always wears red etc. There are many strong themes in A Man for All Seasons one of the strongest being corruption. A Man for All Seasons focuses as much on the fall of Sir Thomas More as it does on the rising of Richard Rich. In the first act, scene eight... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant episodes
Disadvantages: NONE

...with one another that generate the laughs rather than the actual content of the episode(s) in question. The Seasonal Specials DVD contains all four episodes from third series of 'The Vicar of Dibley' and follows a potty year in life of the potty parishioners of Dibley. Like previous series', this one is utterly fantastic from beginning to end and provides some iconic Dibley moments that once you have seen them you will never forget. Each of the four episodes tells a different story about the antics of the parishioners and so can be watched as a stand-alone comedy piece. I however would highly recommend that you watch the episodes in the order they were intended as the humour generated by doing so is increased ten-fold. Like I have said early each episode within this series truly is a fantastic piece of comedy in its own right and each... Read review

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Advantages: Four great stories - excellent value
Disadvantages: None

...A natty title that ties in to the contents. The four (different) seasons each have a (different and infinitely spooky) story written, therefore this has four separate stories. See if you can spot which of the tales became a hollywood film... "Hope Springs Eternal - Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption." This is a tale about the lives of prison inmates inside Shawshank Prison, and focuses on one in particular. He is Andy Dufresne. Andy's time inside the pen is described by "Red", who acts as narrator, telling us about Andy, the type of guy he was, the crime he'd been found guilty of despite his consistent denials of involvement, and his love of Rita Hayworth. He loves Rita so much that he asks Red to smuggle a poster in for him, which Red duly obliges him with. But just how does the poster figure so importantly in the book? Guess... Read review

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