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Knives Out (2019)
Sequel idea
A solid piece of entertainment, bringing obviously to mind many Agatha Christie movies, but also Diva from the 1980s, in that everything on screen is done to amuse the audience. Here's an idea for a sequel: have a completely new story, set in England, and use the same cast. This time however, change all the roles around. Craig can be an English patriarch, Jamie Lee Curtis the detective with an accent that careers from Mancunian to Cockney without warning, Johnson can be a prim conservative banker, and Plummer can be the dotty old grandmother.
The Search for the Nile (1971)
Available again
No need for another positive review - let me just say that I'm happy to report that this magnificent docudrama is now available at Amazon for the viewing world to watch. From the opening music, you will be entranced.
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Not convinced
I have to compare this movie with the Mini series docudrama made by the BBC in the early 1970s called "The Search for the Nile." Sadly that 6 part series is only available on what appears to be a pirated VHS copy of a TV broadcast, but nonetheless I'd recommend viewing it for those people who gave this clunky bit of movie-making called "The Mountains of the Moon" high marks. Here are three of my many problems with MotM (1) the pacing is ham-handed - important scenes are rushed through in a minute or two, while irrelevant ones are dwelled on endlessly; (2) whose idea was it that one of the great linguists of the 19th century, if not all time, would be portrayed by an actor who can't enunciate English clearly? (3) furthermore, who thought that during the travels through Africa that Burton would always need a translator? Aside of these details, I didn't find the film emotionally involving at all. The African exploration by Europeans is a great story, but this film doesn't capture that for me.