DOCTOR JEKYLL *** UK 2023 Dir: Joe Stephenson. 89 mins This revisionist take on the oft-adapted Robert Louis Stevenson classic immediately stirs those vulnerable neck hairs with the title and the legend “Hammer Presents” appearing onscreen in big, bright red letters, set to a suitably strident Blair Mowat score. Hammer…
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JEKYLL & HYDE ** UK 2021 Dir: Steve Lawson. 85 mins Another tale as old as time which has had more adaptations than I’ve had hot dinners. This technically competent go around sees Lawyer Gabriel Utterson launch a personal investigation when his good friend Dr Henry Jekyll is accused of…
MARY REILLY *** USA / UK 1996 Dir: Stephen Frears. 108 mins Adapted by Christopher Hampton from Valerie Martin’s novel, this tail-end entry in Hollywood’s early 90’s Gothic horror cycle (spun off from Coppola’s BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA) was a costly failure at the time and misleadingly sold as a full-blown…
The story of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is given a new twist when seen through the innocent eyes of Dr. Jekyll’s housemaid MARY REILLY. This classic drama starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich is directed by Stephen Frears and is available for the first time on Blu-ray this May.…