BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

ctomvelu1 Very slow-moving Victorian/Edwardian style melodrama about a high-strung Jodie Foster type who, after her father dies, begins to pay visits to a women's prison with the intention of helping the inmates. Instead, she -- on the rebound from an affair with a girlfriend who has recently married her brother -- falls head over heels for a young woman who claims to be clairvoyant but clearly is a charlatan. The two make plans to run away to Italy together. The first half of this TV movie plays like a Henry James story, such as TURN OF THE SCREW. The second half has a much more modern sensibility to it. And like any modern thriller, it includes a twist ending. As you can see, this was not my cup of tea, but I gave it a reasonably high score for pristine production values and solid acting by all involved. I suspect the average American will not be able to sit through the whole thing. Impressionable types of the British persuasion are, I suspect, likely to be its best audience. By the way, a quick-cut scene at the very beginning betrays the ending, so beware.

zugurudumba I tremendously enjoyed Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith and I was looking forward to another adaptation of Sarah Waters' novels. Affinity, unfortunately, did not deliver.The storytelling felt a little bit rushed and I constantly had the feeling of missing important plot elements. At times, I was sorry for not reading the book before watching the movie.I did not quite like the acting of Zoe Tapper and I could not relate to her character. The final "twist" was not a twist at all for me, as I was telling myself since halfway into the movie that Selina is a scam and is into Margaret just to get herself out of the prison.The character of Margaret Prior almost negated my suspension of disbelief, as I tried to understand her infatuation with Selina, and failed. The filmmakers did not offer me enough reasons for a love story, enough reasons to care for this woman's feelings.Only watch this if you're a fan of Sarah Waters.

chflindt Affinity was the television low point of Christmas 2008. It seemed to have been thrown together at the last minute, with jarring editing, terrible sound balances, and a script that seemed to have been put together by a cliché-filled computer. Everything seemed wrong - the men's facial hair, the extras' wooden street-walking, the dreadful music, the sheer repetitiveness (we turned it into a drinking game: one finger for 'walks nervously through prison gates', two fingers for 'walks nervously into cell'; we all got very drunk.) I loathe wobbly-cam shots, trying to watch characters as they bounce around the screen in a haphazard fashion, but occasionally, it can be bearable - Bourne, for instance. 'Affinity' was not the place for wobbly-cams, especially when they are mixed - seemingly at random - with steady shots. I hate to ask it, because he is supposed to have TV's Midas Touch, but is Andrew Davies entering 'Emperor's New Clothes' territory?

r_landrygan I read the novel first, and was so glued to it that i got through it in the matter of a weekend. when i went to see the film i was not expecting to be as impressed as i was through reading it, but this adaptation is as magical as the novel and did it the justice it deserved. it is they type of film that can be watched time and time again without losing its appeal. i would recommend it to anyone, regardless of whether they like period dramas or not, because it is not the average period drama - it is a film that transcends time, and will reach some part of every person. personally i would go and watch it innumerable times if i could, and cannot wait for the release of the DVD.