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So it's too bad that a woefully miscast Nicolas Cage -- sporting a ridiculous Italian accent -- nearly drags it all down. Luckily, John Hurt comes to the rescue with an ace performance. Following up ...

Alex Mugnaioni has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe, touring the Bard to North and South America, but only now is the actor making his West End debut, and in a work well away from the Bard. Beginning on ...

This has not been a great summer for wartime love stories. First there was the disappointment of the highly anticipated Pearl Harbor, and following hot on its trails is the vapid, uninteresting, and ...

Louis de Bernières' novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin, about the German occupation of the Mediterranean during World War Two, was a smash hit when it came out in 1994, selling millions of copies and ...

According to novelist Louis de Bernières, Nicolas Cage endured a time of turmoil while filming “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” The 2001 war drama, directed by John Madden, was in production while Cage ...

THE film adaptation of Louis de Berniere's best selling novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is doing wonders for the tourist trade on the largest island in the Ionian Sea, Kefallonia. Directed by John ...

Succulently shot on the actual Greek locations, "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" strikes too many false notes on the dramatic side to add up to a satisfying emotional experience. But pic still boasts ...

When did fascists become acceptable romantic heroes? The first instance was “The English Patient,” where we were meant to go all swoony at the romantic nobility of Ralph Fiennes’ saving Kristin ...

For those familiar with Louis de Bernieres' famous award-winning novel by the same name, this film may spell compromise in bold, blasphemous caps as Oscar-friendly British director John Madden ...

Pity the makers of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Louis de Bernière's book is so beloved of millions that even a director like John Madden - himself the auteur of such beloved films as Mrs Brown and ...

To judge by Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the Greek isles were the most popular wartime posting for the Italian invaders. Easy to see why. The "girls" come over on the troopships, too. Marching through ...