Showing posts with label Shakespeare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shakespeare. Show all posts
February 2, 1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) **

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Directed by Michael Hoffman. Calista Flockhart, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kevin Kline, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Stanley Tucci and Sam Rock...
October 10, 1998

Shakespeare In Love (1998) ****

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October 10, 1996

Romeo And Juliet (1996) ****

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September 9, 1996

Hamlet (1996) ***

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The best screen adaptation of "Hamlet", superior even to Laurence Olivier's 1948 version. Director Kenneth Branagh gives an ...
February 2, 1996

Twelfth Night (1996) **

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An adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies.
September 9, 1995

A Midwinter's Tale (1995) ***

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Some desperate actors are preparing a theatrical performance of "Hamlet" in an old country church. Released as "In The Bleak ...
June 6, 1995

Richard III (1995) **

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An adaptation of Shakespeare's play set in 1930's Enland.
November 11, 1993

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) *****

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June 6, 1991

Prospero's Books (1991) ***

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September 9, 1990

Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) ***

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A deconstruction of "Hamlet". Witty and clever. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
June 6, 1989

Henry V (1989) **

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An adaptation of the Shakespeare's play about English invasion of France and the battle of Agincourt (1415). Not bad, but inferior to La...
October 10, 1985

Ran (1985) ****

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Magnificent epic film by Akira Kurosawa, an adaptation of "King Lear" set in Japan.
June 18, 1970

Romeo And Juliet (1968) ***

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June 17, 1970

The Taming Of The Shrew (1967) ***

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The definitive screen version of Shakespeare's most politically-incorrect comedy. With Elizabeth Taylor as the shrew and Richard Burton ...
June 10, 1970

The Bad Sleep Well (1960) ***

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Akira Kurosawa freely adapted Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and set it among Japanese businessmen and gangsters.
May 17, 1970

Throne Of Blood (1957) ****

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Akira Kurosawa's take on "Macbeth".
May 16, 1970

Forbidden Planet (1956) ***

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A science fiction film inspired by Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
May 13, 1970

Julius Caesar (1953) **

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A conventional adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play about the death of the first Roman emperor.
May 12, 1970

Othello (1952) ***

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Excellent adaptation of one of the greatest Shakespearian tragedies. Directed by Orson Welles.
April 18, 1970

Macbeth (1948) ***

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Visually interesting adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy.