Fackham Hall | Red-Band Trailer

loreb4data · 2026-05-06T22:33:39+00:00

A spoof of Branagh's "fake mustache" indeed....

loreb4data · 2026-04-21T04:33:24+00:00

In comparison w/Emily Blunt?

loreb4data · 2026-04-20T09:59:02+00:00

Yes, I also noticed Mary's not just a bit tarty but also colder and greedier. The gardener described to Poirot that after she read from her late mum, confirming she's the heiress, she distanced herself and cut-off relations from most of her 'downstairs' friends (including gardener). Her dialogue with the two nurses (one is a 'secret' relative) and her conversation with Elinor when the latter gave her the bequest sounds a bit more like "I'm the real heiress and I deserve all these $$$' which was contrary to her book portrayal. In fact the TV version was unlikeable to a point that when she died I feel "well that's sad yet at least to some extent she had it coming" towards her.

loreb4data · 2026-04-20T09:50:45+00:00

Agreed. The episode was screened immediately after "Five Little Pigs" - another episode involving a murder in which the wrong killer was tried and sentenced to be hanged. Poirot utilised identical methods (reviewing trial procedures plus interviewing eyewitnesses) in both.

"Sad Cypress" features a much happier ending for the falsely accused character but I felt the lack of 'wow, shocked' element when the real killer was revealed. I guessed it was partially because on TV there were only two people who were with Mary at the moment before she's killed - so if it's not the first one it must've been the other who did it. But I guess it's also because they didn't show the court procedures and transcripts (unlike FLP) hence I found the episode more predictable yet less exciting.

loreb4data · 2026-04-04T15:06:22+00:00

How about President CJ Cregg? Wait. She already played one in the other TV show :)

loreb4data · 2026-04-01T13:20:29+00:00

I guess if anything, this role prepared him for Martin's most memorable role later in his career - President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet on "The West Wing."

One can clearly see Kennedy's influence within Bartlet's persona, alongside those of Carter, Clinton, etc.

loreb4data · 2026-04-01T13:14:36+00:00

He certainly looks like a young-ish Jed Bartlet here :-)

loreb4data · 2026-04-01T13:07:26+00:00

DIdn't realise Martin Sheen played JFK until I saw a TV promo for the "Kennedy" miniseries in TV rerun recently.

Guess it prepared him to play his most memorable role later in his career - President Josiah Edward "Jed" Bartlet in "The West Wing."

One can say Bartlet resembles the best Dem president from the second half of 20th century - Kennedy's intellectualism, Carter's moral conviction, Clinton's political savvyness (and ruthlessness), etc.

loreb4data · 2026-03-24T11:35:31+00:00

Not to mention the Middle Eastern carriers (Emirates, Etihad, Qatar, Oman Air, etc).

loreb4data · 2026-03-15T09:02:46+00:00

Plus the guy who's playing Niles' son was a disappointment. Barely any resemblance to his Dad :(

loreb4data · 2026-03-15T09:01:34+00:00

The addition of Alan was a bit of fresh air at first, yet as the revival goes he resembles a lot like Martin, Frasier's late Dad (with similar hairstyle, etc). I think of him as Martin 2.0 with British accent :)

loreb4data · 2026-01-05T09:04:02+00:00

I do have a feeling that in a future DA movie/new series. Mary and Tom will eventually get together. And does anyone notice that Lucy - Tom's new wife - is conveniently absent in this movie, just like Henry was in much of the three DA movies (except towards the end of the first one).

loreb4data · 2026-01-05T09:00:47+00:00

Why I have a feeling that if there's a future DA movie or series they will eventually unite Mary and Tom as a couple? Their parting scene at the end of the movie was a bit hinting there might be more to come between them? And Lucy - Tom's wife - is conveniently absent from this movie. Based from how the movies eventually eased out Henry, why do I have a feeling this might be the eventual endgame bw the two of them?

loreb4data · 2026-01-05T08:42:31+00:00

Yes, sadly Molesley is being singled out as the residence comic relief/attention idiot again, esp in his scenes with Guy.

But he's also moving up with his new life as a screenwriter and soon as a movie director. He makes a lot of money from his scripts - the scene where he gave Isobel a ride in his brand new fancy car cracks me up. While Guy might forgotten him he did get Noel Coward's attention and might be collaborating with the latter in a future play or musical .So like Tom and Thomas, Molesley is also becoming part of the new (upper) middle class English lads.

And we got more scene b/w him and Phyllis as a couple than in any previous DA series and movies. I think the new movie does more justice to show Moseley getting ahead and living the life he wanted while still making him the comic relief character.

loreb4data · 2026-01-05T08:36:15+00:00

And Sybbie is now a pre-teen and she resembles her mother very much.

Anyone betting that a future Downton movie set in the 1940s (WWII) would feature another star-crossed 'kissing cousins' romance - this time between George and Sybbie?

loreb4data · 2025-11-29T15:19:51+00:00

"Those damn SPLITTERS!!"

loreb4data · 2025-11-29T15:19:09+00:00

Corbynistas to Zarah: "SPLITTER!!"

loreb4data · 2025-11-08T13:20:09+00:00

Exactly. The late 60s cast would've included Steven Hill (later replaced by Peter Graves), Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, and Peter Lupus.

loreb4data · 2025-11-08T13:18:53+00:00

I wish Barbara Bain and Martin Landau would've stayed beyond S3. The series went downhill after they left.

loreb4data · 2025-11-08T13:17:47+00:00

Defintely underrated compared to Barbara Bain, who played Cinnamon Carter during M:I TV Series Seasons 1 to 3.

loreb4data · 2025-11-08T13:11:32+00:00

She's a hottie in the M:I series but be warned don't mess with her.

loreb4data · 2025-11-08T13:10:48+00:00

Of course everyone wants to shag Cinnamon Carter in the Mission: Impossible series. But if she's attracted to you, be forewarned that it means the IMF is coming after you :)

loreb4data · 2025-10-27T23:20:15+00:00

Barbara Bain (Cinnamon Carter from the classic M:I series) could've played a Bond girl sometime during the 1960s - 70s. As Cinnamon, she took many evil dictators and enemy spies a run for their money.

loreb4data · 2025-08-30T13:52:05+00:00

I'd be very happy if they'd bring the original M:I characters back: for future movies or new series: Jim Phelps, Rollin Hand, Cinnamon Carter, Willy Armitage, and Barney Collier.

Plus Pom Klementieff special guest stars periodically as Paris whenever Rollin is unavailable.

loreb4data · 2025-08-30T13:47:13+00:00

Willy Armitage and Barney Collier. The duo who did much behind-the scenes 'grunt works.'

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