Movies: Brideshead Revisted & Tell No One

Brideshead Revisted:


What's better than a British period costume drama? A British period costume drama with gay subplot, that's what. I enjoyed the film even thought I have never read the book or seen the 1981 TV series of the same name. The full extent of relationship between Sebastian Flyte and Charles Ryder wasn't clear from the film -- well, at least to me. Emma Thompson is all over this poster, but her role in the film rather limited. I guess once you win an Oscar, you can demand that type of thing. The film gets kind of slow near the end, but overall, it was good.

Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne):


I went to this French thiller on the suggestion of a friend of mine. This film is a murder-mystery about a man whose wife was murdered and 8 years later his is forced to revisit her death. From there, the film take many twists and turns that may leave you scratching your head. However, everything becomes clear and things make more sense at the end ... like most films do. The movie is two hours long because the story was so entriguing that the time just flew by.