Author Archives for Roger L
Wildside Series 1, episodes 1-3
Created by Ben Gannon and Michael Jenkins; produced by Steve Knapman; Directed by Mike Jenkins, Andrew Prowse and Peter Andrikidis;
Before I start ? this is the best cop show ever put to a TV screen ? if you disagree, go away!
This package depicts the first three episodes of Series One of this classic show. […]
French and Saunders: At The Movies
Written by French and Saunders; Produced by Jon Plowman; Directed by Bob Spiers;
Written by the team of Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, this is to me a rather mixed-up compilation of movie-related skits and sketches (I can only presume) from the French and Saunders television series that was produced around 1999. The main […]
Ascent of Man, The ? A Personal View by J. Bronowski
Written and presented by Dr Jacob Bronowski; directed by Adrian Malone, Dick Gilling, Mick Jackson and David John Kennard;
First televised on British television in 1973, shown in Australia shortly afterwards, and re-broadcast more than once in Australia since; this is a monumental piece of documentary.
You will note that I have added a rider […]
How I Won the War
Directed by Richard Lester
Written for the screen by Charles Wood from a novel by Patrick Ryan, this is a seriously unfunny black comedy based on World War II events. This ridiculous piece of rubbish involves the experiences of a group of soldiers of the 4th Musketeers, sent behind enemy lines in North Africa to […]
Monarchy
Produced and directed by David Wilson;
Maybe it?s because I?m a first generation Aussie of English parentage; or that I have a strong interest in the history of the country that invaded, then founded, this nation, but I have always had a strong interest in the history of Britain ? a nation with both a […]
Tom Brown?s School Days
Tom Brown?s Schooldays is based on a novel by Thomas Hughes, and follows the prospects of two principal individuals ? Tom Brown (a student) and Dr Arnold (the headmaster) ? and a famous English boarding school ? Rugby School. For Tom Brown, it?s about managing to survive the entrenched evils of the traditional […]
Weeping Camel, The (The Story of) ? Rental only
In simple terms, The Story of the Weeping Camel deals with the problems of a camel refusing to feed her newborn calf, and the efforts taken by the local tribes people to rectify the situation. The storyline is linked with a social documentary of the tribes people themselves ? their everyday struggle to maintain […]
Jane Eyre
Please excuse me if this synopsis appears to be overlong - my initial intention was to convey a short interpretation of the storyline, but to do this would be of disservice to the Charlotte Bronte novel of the same name ? believe me, I have still managed to remove certain aspects of the storyline that […]
Supervolcano
Supervolcano is a fact based fable set at an unknown period of time in the future, and documents in retrospect a five year period in which the huge and highly unstable Yellowstone caldera (volcano crater) finally erupts as a supervolcano, and the destruction is causes over that period. The film is a skilful construction […]
Reap the Wild Wind
Directed by Cecil B De Mille
Reap the Wild Wind is an adventure/romance yarn involving criminal activity in the shipwrecking and illegal salvaging of cargoes off the Florida Keys in the late 19th Century. It is a rollicking tale that involves seaborne adventure, a romance between a woman and two male rivals, romantic and commercial […]