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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0075194/">The Seven Percent Solution</a>, 1976; directed by Herbert
Ross, characters by Arthur Conan Doyle, screenplay (and original
novel) by Nicholas Meyer. A good rendition of Sherlock Holmes by <a class="reference external" href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0932116/">Nicol
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<li><p><em>Assassin's Apprentice</em>, by Robin Hobb, copyright 1995; Bantam
Spectra, Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing
Group, April 1996.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Royal Assassin</em>, by Robin Hobb, copyright 1996; A Bantam Spectra
Book, Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing
Group, March 1997.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0287839/">Children of Dune</a>, 2003;
Directed by Greg Yaitanes, novels by Frank Herbert, teleplay by John
Harrison. I thought this and it's predecessor <a class="reference external" href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0142032/">Dune</a> were well done adaptations.
Now I'm going to have to reread the books.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>The Seven Hills</em>, by John Maddox Roberts; Ace Books, The Berkley
Publishing Group, The Penguin Group (USA) Inc., March 2005. Another
good book in Roberts's alternate history of a Rome destroyed by
Carthage and its rebirth.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Prince of Darkness</em>, by Sharon Kay Penman; A Marian Wood Book,
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Inc., 2005. Another very good medieval mystery to stand alongside the
earlier entries in the series: <em>The Queen's Man</em>, <em>Cruel as the
Grave</em>, and <em>Dragon's Lair</em>.</p></li>
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also known as <em>Masseur Ichi, the Fugitive</em> and <em>Zatoichi, Crazy
Journey</em>, 1963. Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, Writing by Seiji Hoshikawa
and Kan Shimozawa (story). So, Zatoichi can wrestle, too!</p></li>
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and Pascal Pinon; writing by Patrick Daher (story), Chris Delaporte
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2004. Directed by Marc Forster; writing by Allan Knee (play) and David
Magee (screenplay). A very good movie. Johnny Depp does a good job.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0318627/">Resident Evil: Apocalypse</a>, 2004. Directed by Alexander
Witt, written by Paul W.S. Anderson. Exactly the sort of thing you'd
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