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The Flame Trees Of Thika

starring: Holly Aird, Ben Cross, Nicholas Jones, Hayley Mills, John Nettleton
directed by: Roy Ward Baker

March 29, 2005
This movie series, based on the book of the same name by Elspeth Huxley, gives us a glimpse of the settling of the English in Africa during the early 1900s. If for nothing else, I liked the series for gaining insight about that period.

Elspeth was there as a child and was lucky to see Africa and live in proximity to that fantastic wildlife, however, the movie shows us that their sentiment for the animals was not necessarily to protect them. They were into big game hunting, and showing off animal head tropies on their walls. The wild animals were either for sport or were a nuisance, and although I know that's the way they thought then, I still didn't enjoy watching the casual way they hunted and killed animals in the movie. This ... Read More:

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Possession

starring: Holly Aird, Graham Crowden, Trevor Eve, Lena Headey, Tom Hickey
directed by: Neil LaBute

February 11, 2003
One of the protagonists of this movie says that "No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed". In a way, that reflects the dilemma of the main four characters in their quest for love and passion. Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), experts in English literature, discover a link between Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), through a letter one of them stole. As they investigate how important the link between those well-known Victorian poets was, a relationship begins to grow between them, despite the fact that neither of them was eager to start a relationship. But what are the differences between these couples?. It is easy to see that Ash and Christabel plunge into a love ... Read More:

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Scenes of a Sexual Nature

starring: Holly Aird, Eileen Atkins, Douglas Hodge, Gina McKee, Sophie Okonedo
directed by: Edward Blum

January 15, 2008
One of the protagonists of this movie says that "No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed". In a way, that reflects the dilemma of the main four characters in their quest for love and passion. Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), experts in English literature, discover a link between Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), through a letter one of them stole. As they investigate how important the link between those well-known Victorian poets was, a relationship begins to grow between them, despite the fact that neither of them was eager to start a relationship. But what are the differences between these couples?. It is easy to see that Ash and Christabel plunge into a love ... Read More:

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The Criminal

starring: Holly Aird, Yvan Attal, Bernard Hill, Lisa Jacobs, Steven Mackintosh
directed by: Julian Simpson

September 24, 2002
One of the protagonists of this movie says that "No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed". In a way, that reflects the dilemma of the main four characters in their quest for love and passion. Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), experts in English literature, discover a link between Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), through a letter one of them stole. As they investigate how important the link between those well-known Victorian poets was, a relationship begins to grow between them, despite the fact that neither of them was eager to start a relationship. But what are the differences between these couples?. It is easy to see that Ash and Christabel plunge into a love ... Read More:

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Seal Morning

starring: Holly Aird, David Birney, Jane Lapotaire
directed by: David Cobham

August 08, 2000
One of the protagonists of this movie says that "No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed". In a way, that reflects the dilemma of the main four characters in their quest for love and passion. Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), experts in English literature, discover a link between Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), through a letter one of them stole. As they investigate how important the link between those well-known Victorian poets was, a relationship begins to grow between them, despite the fact that neither of them was eager to start a relationship. But what are the differences between these couples?. It is easy to see that Ash and Christabel plunge into a love ... Read More:

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The Criminal

starring: Holly Aird, Yvan Attal, Bernard Hill, Lisa Jacobs, Steven Mackintosh
directed by: Julian Simpson

September 24, 2002
One of the protagonists of this movie says that "No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed". In a way, that reflects the dilemma of the main four characters in their quest for love and passion. Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow), experts in English literature, discover a link between Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam) and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle), through a letter one of them stole. As they investigate how important the link between those well-known Victorian poets was, a relationship begins to grow between them, despite the fact that neither of them was eager to start a relationship. But what are the differences between these couples?. It is easy to see that Ash and Christabel plunge into a love ... Read More:

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Fever Pitch

starring: Luke Aikman, Bea Guard, Neil Pearson, Ruth Gemmell, Colin Firth
directed by: David Evans (II)


I really enjoyed this film and I know nothing about soccer. I liked the acting and as a teacher I found the relationshop between CF and his students very heart warming. Unlike others though I did not like the hair. It put me in mind of something large and furry having crawled onto CF's head and died. Never mind though, he looked great otherwise and the performance was surprisingly complex and moving. I liked the ending unlike a previous reviewer. Were you looking for more detail? Did you miss the point that he could "move on" from his passion to a new one?