Seldon's Blog

Below is my current list of favorite movies set in the 1930s: ( Read more... )

Below is my current list of favorite movies set in the 1890s: ( Read more... )

July 28 marked the 100th anniversary of the beginning of World War I. Below is a list of my favorite movie and television productions about the war: ( Read more... )

"THE BUTLER" (2013) Review

When I first saw the trailer for "THE BUTLER", I resisted the urge to see it. I have nothing against films about the African-American experience. I could not wait to see Quentin Tarantino's pre-Civil War opus, "DJANGO UNCHAINED". But there was something about the trailer for "THE BUTLER" that turned me off. It had that dignified, pretentious aura that marred "THE KING'S SPEECH" and "NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK II" for me. I was determined to avoid it. But thanks to my family, I could not avoid it in the end. ( Read more... )

Below is my ranking of USA Network's 2012 six-episode limited series called "POLITICAL ANIMALS". Created by Greg Berlanti, the series starred Sigourney Weaver, Carla Gugino and Ciarán Hinds: ( Read more... )

Below is a look at two major movies and a television movie that featured journeys aboard the famed Orient Express:( Read more... )

Below are images from "MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS", Sidney Lumet's 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1934 novel.  Albert Finney starred as Hercule Poirot.( Read more... )