davidhyatt Reviews

Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991 TV Movie)

Miss Marple comes to the aid of an old friend while solving yet another untimely demise

[10/10 · 8 September 2005]

Miss Marple is the best of friends with two aging sisters. One sister, who thinks the other is in danger, has Miss Marple to pay a timely visit. Upon arriving she encounters a host of garden variety misfits and reform school types, along with their keepers, sharing the estate grounds with her friend. All of this makes for a genuinely great plot that includes the murder of the family Patriarch by which Miss Marple further sharpens her already keenly honed crime solving acumen.

This is one of the better TV-Movie adaptations that preserves the plot from novel to the screen. The screenplay flows well, has no obvious holes or gaps, the acting is grade A, and the Directing is Superb. I highly recommend this particular film as one of the BEST Miss Marple TV-Movies ever!!!

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

ONE OF THE BEST CLASSIC SCI-FI FANTASY FILMS

[10 February 2003]

Journey to the Center of the Earth is, in my opinion, one of the best Sci-Fi adventure classic films of the period, circa 1960. The acting is excellent as are the location shots of the Carlsbad Caverns. The special effects are good to average for the technology available in 1959-60. This film is a "must see" for any true Sci-Fi adventure film buff. A 4-star film!