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They say the sign of a great cover song is that it gives you the same joy you got when you first heard the original . The same could be applied to books and movies. Take William friedkin's masterful 'wages of fear ' reboot ''sorcerer' or the very loose remake of 'scarface' from 1983. Imagine Craig viveiros 's quandary then when faced with doing justice to film that has been very successfully remade a handful of times previously, not only that but whose source material is one of the most beloved pieces of printed mystery fiction of the last 100 years. The fact that he pulls it off so skillfully is not only a feather in his cap but also a tribute to The robustness of the original text. How many stories originating from the first half of the 20th century can truly stand up today as thrillingly as 'ten little indians' , as it was originally titled? Very few I imagine. This very fine three part (depending on what territory you view it) BBC adaption has all the requisite parts in order to stage a successful reboot. The panoramic yet also claustrophobic cinematography of John pardue, a sharp and conniving screenplay by Sarah Phelps and most importantly a great cast (Charles dance, Sam neil). With such a stellar cast and crew, it's no surprise that this old tune sounds as sweet as ever. The fact that runs rings around the more contemporary and glossy American detective shows on the tv is a bonus. A true class act.

From its clumsy,pretentious title to its attempts to combine John cassavetes cinema verite shooting style with a Jim van bebber esque trash aesthetic, Shane Ryan reid 's 2012 low budget movie based on real events is definitely an exercise in trying way to hard. Dialogue is delivered with zero conviction by the young and inexperienced cast and the murder aside, the movie has no real direction, Thanks to a seemingly non existent screenplay. Resembling more a promising film student effort than a fully fledged professional production thanks to its numerous technical and creative setbacks, those interested in the bustamante case would be best served by the countless news stories available on the web about the case. A few well captured arty shots and the tasteful placement of Moody music will never be a substitute for quality all round movie making.

Ever since the smash hit success of 'making a murderer ' , Netflix is seemingly on a mission to make the multi episode docu series the way we get our documentary thrills.leave the feature lengths versions to the multiplexes and give the public the truth in bite size chunks they seem to be saying. Whilst this format seems to have worked for the aforementioned 'making a murderer ', tiger Kong' etc, the subscription channel has fallen short in this approach when the subject matter hasn't the legs to sustain our interest over multiple hours of viewing. Take the interminably dull 'bad vegan', a story so stretched, it should have been sponsored by spandex or the completely unnecessary 'tiger king ' sequels. 'keep sweet' bucks this trend and if anything is too short. It's tale of a corrupt sect leader and the power he wielded over his followers is too brief. With a scant 46 minutes or one episode devoted to the punishment of his crimes and the subsequent affect it had on congregation. That's not to say the preceding three episodes are over burdened with extraneous detail, on the contary, they are nicely paced and just the right side of informative. Pity the final episode is in too much of a rush to get to the finish line because 'be sweet' had the potential to be one of the most compelling documentary series of the yeah.