Movie Review: Something wicked here

08 April 2016 - 02:36
By Tymon Smith

A new Shakespeare adaptation always revives cinema's conundrum when it comes to the Bard. In the 400th anniversary of his death, the approach to Shakespeare is still divided between those who value the words and characters above all - Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh; those who favour atmosphere - Orson Welles, Roman Polanski, Franco Zeffirelli; those who pump up the style over substance - Baz Luhrmann, hang your head; and those who feel that the themes are paramount - the acclaimed interpretat...

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