American Television Series Based on British Television Series

When I know that Mad Dogs is going to be re-do in America, I shouldn't be so surprised. America has a history of adapting British television shows and make it their own. I've watched the British Life on Mars and American Life on Mars, British Broadchurch (my review on Broadchurch is here) and American Gracepoint, British Top Gear and American Top Gear USA. I'm afraid that I find the British wins in all three rounds.

Oscar Nomination 2015

Oscar will be live on February 28, 2016. Here is some of the 2015 Nominee List:

Best Picture

• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
• Matt Damon, The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
• Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
• Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Brie Larson, Room
• Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
• Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
• Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale, The Big Short
• Tom Hardy, The Revenant
• Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
• Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
• Rooney Mara, Carol
• Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
• Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
• Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Animated Feature Film

• Anomalisa
• Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• Shaun the Sheep Movie
• When Marnie Was There

Cinematography

• Carol
• The Hateful Eight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario

Directing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Room
• Spotlight

Film Editing

• The Big Short
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Adapted Screenplay

• The Big Short
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• Room

Original Screenplay

• Bridge of Spies
• Ex Machina
• Inside Out
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

And Then There Were None (2015)

And Then There Were None is a three-part BBC TV mini-series adapted from the same-named famous novel by Agatha Christie.

The story is set on an isolated island.  The scenery is poetic and the cinematography is poetic. The set production is beautiful and it really looks like the 40's. The editing is excellent as the flashback of the characters are done brilliantly without interrupting the flow of the story. I like the practical effects in the story, for example, the hanging and gunshot looks realistic.

The acting is superb and I recognize many faces such as Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Charles Dance, Burn Gorman, etc. I remember Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson acted together in Merlin (1998). Burn Gorman always act as the bad boy, for instance, in Torchwood, Agatha Christie's Marple, and The Dark Knight Rises, etc.

By the way, there are some very good senior British actors that I like, to name a few, Ian Richardson [Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2000), Gormenghast (2000)], Ian McKellen [X-men (2000), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Vicious (2013), Mr. Holmes (2015)], Michael Caine [Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Cary Grant [Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Philadelphia Story (1940), A Affair to Remember (1957), North by Northwest (1959), Walk Don't Run (1966)], Christopher Lee [Gormenghast (2000), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)].

A plot hole I can think of is that the figures are removed as each person is killed. They can then just hide somewhere near the table and observe who removes the figures!

This is another case on lynching. It reminds me of Curtain: Poirot's Last Case which also talks about lynching.