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Congratulations to 'Great Expectations'!

The miniseries won three Bafta Craft awards: production design, visual effects, and photography and lighting.

'Edwin Drood' now out on DVD

You can get it here!

For the LOLZ

Thanks to Nina for inspiring this!

'Great Expectations' gets seven BAFTA Craft Nominations

The BAFTA Craft Awards honor the behind-the-scenes aspects of films (directing, writing, and so forth). GE got the most nominations this year. Click here for more.

A few follow-up thoughts on 'Edwin Drood'

Again, spoilers ahead . . .

'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'

Cast list here. It goes without saying that there will be spoilers, but I'm saying it anyway, because this particular tale is a mystery (hence the title!) with lots of twists and turns, so if you plan to see it, you should really do so before you read this. And now, here we go . . .

A few 'Edwin Drood' reviews

The San Francisco Chronicle and the Seattle Times give their respective takes on the production airing tomorrow, while Variety demonstrates that anyone who plays John Jasper is destined to be compared to the Phantom of the Opera.

'Edwin Drood' slideshow

The PBS Masterpiece site doesn't have a trailer up for Edwin Drood, but it does have a slideshow of photos from the production. Click here to see them!

And the winner of the 'Great Expectations' DVD is . . .

Selenia! Congratulations! Contact me at gdalfonzo AT verizon DOT net with your address!

'Great Expectations,' part 2

(Part 1 is here.)

My word, London looks clean. This is a well-done bit with Mr. Jaggers and Pip, with the head looming in the background, though they could have done without Mr. Wemmick's "memento mori." Talk about driving a point home with a sledgehammer. Ah, here we are in the dirty part of London -- that's more what I expected. (Mr. Pirrip Pip? I know Pip's name situation is a little unconventional, but that's just plain backwards!)