Seldon's Blog

"FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD" (1998) Review

For years, I had made an effort to avoid any novel written by Thomas Hardy and any movie or television production based upon his works. This has nothing to do with how I felt about the quality of his work. ( Read more... )

"THE WAY WE LIVE NOW" (2001) Review

Some thirteen years ago, the BBC aired "", a four-part television adaptation of Anthony Trollope's 1875 novel. Adapted by Andrew Davies and directed by David Yates, the miniseries starred David Suchet, Shirley Henderson and Matthew Macfadyen. ( Read more... )