One of the very finest epics produced, equally impressive in terms of script and spectacle. Heston is aptly heroic as the 11th Century patriot destined to die in the fight to evict the Moors from Spain, Mann's direction is stately and thrilling and Miklos Rosza's superb score perfectly complements the crisp and simple widescreen images. Sobriety and restraint, in fact, are perhaps the keynotes of the film's success, with the result that a potentially risible finale, in which Cid's corpse is born
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IN LOVE AND WAR (1996)
Certification15 Our Rating
Tearjerking drama based on the young Ernest Hemingway's real life romance, the inspiration for his classic "A Farewell To Arms". As an 18-year-old soldier in WW1, love is the last thing on his mind, until a near-fatal injury puts his life in the hands of a beautiful, older nurse. Superb performances.
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NAPOLEON (DISC 1): PART 1 A RISING FORCE / PART 2 AN ALL CONQUERING EMPEROR (2002)
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The first half of an exhaustive and lush dramatisation of Napoleon Bonaparte, from ambitious Corsican soldier at the end of the 18th Century, to his imprisonment on the Island of St Helena by the British, less than twenty years later. If anything "Napoleon" is almost overly dramatic, but it's still an enthralling look at the great man, both publicly and privately, his military achievements, and the turning of a divided France into the most powerful nation in the Western world.
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NAPOLEON (DISC 2): PART 3 A TIME OF CONFLICT / PART 4 A FALL FROM GRACE (2002)
Certification15 Our Rating
The second half of an exhaustive and lush dramatisation of Napoleon Bonaparte, from ambitious Corsican soldier at the end of the 18th Century, to his imprisonment on the Island of St Helena by the British, less than twenty years later. If anything "Napoleon" is almost overly dramatic, but it's still an enthralling look at the great man, both publicly and privately, his military achievements, and the turning of a divided France into the most powerful nation in the Western world.
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THE EDGE OF LOVE (2008)
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Not so much a film about Dylan Thomas and more about the two major female influences in his adult life; his wife Caitlan, his now married childhood sweet heart, Vera, and the unconventional almost beatnik ménage a trios that they created for themselves. Playing out during the height of WWII 'The Edge of Love' is a beautifully rendered film but there is little depth to the characters, in particular the two central protagonists, a fault as much of the actors as it is of the script. Ultimately this
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