Blu-ray Review: Hamlet (1996)
Warner Bros. | 1996 | 242 min | Rated PG-13 The Bard’s longest and most frequently adapted play, Hamlet is as iconic and essential as they come; a masterpiece in every sense of the word. It has entranced audiences for centuries and given rise to countless adaptations, some brilliant, others utterly forgettable, and some that […]
DVD Review: Hamlet (The Royal Shakespeare Company)
BBC | 2009 | 182 mins. | Not rated This is a review written for those of you who don’t have access to Blu-ray, or are thinking about purchasing another copy in the standard DVD format. While the meat of my review remains the same, I have rewritten some of the audio, video and special […]
Blu-ray Review: Hamlet (The Royal Shakespeare Company)
BBC | 2009 | 182 mins. | Not rated Written between 1599 and 1601, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet has been adapted for the stage and screen countless times. The highest grossing adaptation of the tale to date (and most popular, in some quarters), is Disney’s Academy Award-winning animated feature The Lion King, which enacts a loose […]