Knight was drawn to "Great Expectations" because of the similarities he saw between his life and that of the main character. "Pip is blacksmith's son, and so am I," he said. "I was expected to ...

Then again, few of the leads really register as characters for most of the series either. Great Expectations is built around great appetites — for status, for money, for revenge, for love ...

FX, in partnership with the BBC, has made a dreary, dismal and not very Dickensian miniseries out of Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations ... begins with its main character, Pip (Fionn ...

As Newell metes out Dickens’ rough justice and shows his characters lurching toward redemption, this “Great Expectations” manages to provide a satisfying catharsis. It captures Dickens ...

At the start of FX and the BBC’s new six-part “Great Expectations,” a young man ... Image Ashley Thomas plays Jaggers in the show, a character who is expanded from the book and becomes ...

She’s also a Miss Havisham, a Magwich, an Estella and a dozen-plus other characters from the classic 1861 novel. The actor-comedian, who recorded the entirety of “Great Expectations” several ...

One of the great translations of literature into film, David Lean's Great Expectations brings Charles Dickens's masterpiece to robust on-screen life. Pip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, and Estella ...