Blu-ray review: “Brief Encounter” (1945)

"Brief Encounter" (1945) Drama Running Time: 87 minutes Written by: Noël Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean and Ronald Neame Directed by: David Lean Starring: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey and Cyril Raymond Laura Jesson: "It's awfully easy to lie when you know that you're trusted implicitly. So very easy, and so very degrading." Few …

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Blu-ray review: “Great Expectations” (1946)

"Great Expectations" (1946) Drama Running Time: 118 minutes Written by: David Lean, Anthony Havelock-Allan and Ronald Neame Directed by: David Lean Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Bernard Miles, Francis L. Sullivan, Anthony Wager and Jean Simmons Mr. Jaggers: "Now, Pip: put the case that this legal advisor has often seen children tried at the criminal bar. Put …

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Blu-ray review: “Oliver Twist” (1948)

"Oliver Twist" (1948) Drama Running Time: 116 minutes Written by: David Lean and Stanley Haynes Directed by: Stanley Haynes Starring: Alec Guinness, Robert Newton, Kay Walsh, John Howard Davies, Anthony Newley and Diana Dors Mr. Bumble: "Cry your hardest now, it opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes and softens down the temper. So cry away." …

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