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Doctor Zhivago (Russian Miniseries)
Russia has taken back what is theirs with a serialized version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago at the hand of Aleksandr Proshkin, which lasts 11 episodes, clocking in at a little bit over 400 minutes of running time, making it the most faithful adaptation of Pasternak’s novel to date.
Life Without Principle
Economic crisis churns characters through emotional rapids in this ultimately thrilling drama.
Dexter – Season 7
Dexter gets found out, meets would-be femme fatale Hannah McKay, and has detective LaGuerta on his Bay Harbor Butcher steps on the 7th season of the show, before the show’s demise next year.
Anna Karenina (2012)
Joe Wright’s adaptation of Tolstoy’s famous novel is an ambitious, well-acted, and beautifully creative film.
Concubine, The (Korean Film)
Though the poster may mislead, The Concubine deals little with love, instead entangling itself with sacrifice, suspicion, backstabbing and revenge set in the Joseon Dynasty (1392–1897) in a way that you’re never likely to see on television unless HBO is planning a telenovela.
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The
It’s always nice to return to places you love, and that was what The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey meant to me, a return to the beloved Middle Earth.
Eyes Without A Face
Les Yeux Sans Visage is an impressive horror film from the sixties far ahead of its time.
Double Face
Double Face is a two-part television drama collaboration between TBS and WOWOW. It is a remake of the successful Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs (無間道), starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as the undercover policeman, and Teruyuki Kagawa as the mole.
Taste of Money, The
South Korean director Im Sang-soo’s The Taste of Money is like a Telenovela on steroids.