Selling millions of copies and adapted into a 2001 film, Louis de Bernières' epic wartime novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is a literary tour de force. Now inventively, if not entirely faithfully, ...

NPR's Film Critic Bob Mondello says Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the week's big movie release, is a disappointment, taking a complicated novel and boiling it down to a passionless romance. But Mondello ...

Novelist Louis de Bernières recalled that Cage was going through a "horrendous time" while filming the 2001 period piece. The 2001 war drama, directed by John Madden, was in production while Cage was ...

In 1941, Italy allies with Germany and ruthlessly conquers the much weaker country of Greece. On a remote Greek island, an Italian artillery garrison is established to maintain order. One Italian ...

Mike Smith is an avid filmgoer from New York who loves to hear his own voice - luckily his work as a podcaster on FilmBook allows him to do just that. Mike graduated from The College of Saint Rose in ...

* why “Corelli’s Mandolin,” a title good enough to make the original Louis de Bernieres novel an international bestseller, had to be upgraded to include the protagonist’s rank; * why it took four ...

"Captain Corelli's Mandolin," based on on the best-selling British novel (abbreviated stateside to "Corelli's Mandolin"), will likely not win over many who aren't already fans of the book. What's more ...

Alex Mugnaioni has worked at Shakespeare’s Globe, touring the Bard to North and South America, but only now is the actor making his West End debut, and in a work well away from the Bard. Beginning on ...

3 From Stage to Westeros: Theatre Veterans in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON The first major stage production of Louis de Bernières' best-selling novel, CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN will transfer to the Harold ...

When our title-role star's scheduled pre release publicity appearances began, Nicolas Cage seemed too distracted or befuddled to rationally discuss "Captain Corelli's Mandolin." My antenna went up. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to novelist Louis de Bernières, Nicolas Cage endured a time of turmoil while filming “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.” The ...

Its makers wouldn't describe it this way, but Captain Corelli's Mandolin may be viewed as a sort of Pearl Harbor for grown-ups. They both are love stories set against the backdrop of World War II. It ...