Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 page-turner The Count of Monte Cristo might be an indestructible story. It stirred movie and TV audiences when done with diverse casting choices from Robert Donat to Richard ...

The Count of Monte Cristo premieres on the PBS app and PBS Masterpiece via Prime Video on March 1, 2026. Prime Video ...

It’s not just poetic imagery — it’s Edmond speaking from a life scarred by betrayal, imprisonment, and loss. He knows firsthand that life is unpredictable, that joy and suffering come like tides. But ...

It’s hard to imagine there was a pressing need to do another cinematic version of The Count of Monte Cristo, especially one that doesn’t attempt any kind of radical reinvention of the material.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Last winter's solidly entertaining "The Count of Monte Cristo" came as a pleasant surprise; on Tuesday it will be back on DVD ($29.99) and VHS (rental only). With only a ...

HOLLYWOOD — CBS and Spyglass Television are developing a small-screen version of helmer Kevin Reynolds’ “The Count of Monte Cristo.” Jay Wolpert, who penned the 2002 pic, is writing the script for the ...

One of my personal all-time favorite movies is Kevin Reynolds' The Count of Monte Cristo, the one from 2002, not the old black and white versions. Anyone who has seen it or read Alexandre Dumas' book ...

Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of injustice and comeuppance, revenge and redemption, is rousingly retold in "The Count of Monte Cristo," a lavishly mounted and appealingly old-fashioned swashbuckler ...

On the subject of vengeance, Aristotle states: "Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil – and, if they cannot, they feel they have lost their liberty." Alexandre Dumas, author of The ...

Slashing its way to DVD on September 10 is the swashbuckling action film The Count of Monte Cristo from Buena Vista. The disc will set you back about $29.99, will feature anamorphic video and a Dolby ...

I realize this isn’t supposed to be ”Dirty Monte,” but there’s a lot of exposition to slog through before the treachery that sets the film in motion enjoys the satisfying kick of justice. The best ...

Alexander Dumas’ great popular novel “The Count of Monte Cristo” is about revenge. For anyone who hasn’t read it, or who forgot the details since they blew through it when they were 14, it also ...