Pamela Mckinnon

Can I Give This Away???, Mar 14 2013

I bought this despite the poor reviews. Should have paid more attention to them. This is not a very good production. The story has the potential to be absolutely great but I'm not sure what went wrong here, was it the direction, was it the acting? I just don't know. It seemed all very disjointed to me. The first part is very amatuerish with the heroine running around acting more like a child than an adult. Perhaps that how she was in real life but it just came across badly for me. Tom Wilkinson, who is normally fabulous, played a very minor role and quite an insignificant one. The ending is disturbing considering it actually happened. I don't think our justice system today would have… Read more

Very Good, Jan 12 2013

Great little pocket guide with some good tips and lots of information. Good size for carrying around and a good fold out map in the back. Can't go wrong with Rick Steves!

A Good Rendition of Madam Bovary, Jan 12 2013

I enjoyed this movie. I thought Hugh Bonnieville was his usual great self despite the somewhat pathetic role the story calls for. Francis O'Connor was very good but I would have liked her to have grown a little harder in looks as her character developed from the innocent nun she starts out as and develops into a confused promiscuious woman. Other than that I thought it was good. Another super production from BBC!