Showing posts with label tv miniseries review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tv miniseries review. Show all posts

Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Tenth Kingdom(2000)

I watched the 7 hour miniseries The Tenth Kingdom the other day. I was enthralled the whole time! The tenth kingdom is Central Park and father and daughter John Larroquette and Kimberly Williams travel through a magic mirror to the other nine(why I don't remember), have several adventures with many fantasy creatures, they are joined by a prince who has been changed to a dog by the evil queen(delightful Dianne Wiest). Ed O'Neill is fun as the leader of the trolls, Ann-Margaret lovely as Cinderella. This is fun fun fun, escapist entertainment! Though Larroquette gets on my nerves after a while

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Ten Commandments(2006)

 I watched the TV miniseries remake of The Ten Commandments(2006). I thought it was generally well done, though a little more quickly edited than I like. The acting was good, though a little melodramatic at times. The cinematography is wonderful. It does cover the Israelite's' journey through the desert, which no other version does. Features an almost unrecognizable Omar Shariff as Jethro and has some good battle scenes. Pharaoh looks scary! I say it's worth a look.

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