TBT: Cranford (2007-2010)
There's only a few mentions of Christmas in the two series of Cranford (2007-2010), but something about the cozy biddiness of the whole thing makes... Read more →
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WCW: Jane Seymour
Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg really did choose her screen name of Jane Seymour because it was the name of one of King Henry VIII's wives,... Read more →
TBT: Lillie (1978)
Shout-out to my homies who love the '70s British costume dramas! I hadn't watched Lillie (1978) the first time around, but dayum, I sure did get... Read more →
MCM: Anthony Hopkins
He's been the hardest working man in historical costume movies and TV over the years! Other actors may joke that Anthony Hopkins won't turn down a... Read more →
Outlaw King (2019): Better Than Braveheart?
Yeah, I know, that's a pretty low bar. So I didn't expect much from Netflix's original film Outlaw King (2018) starring Chris Pine as Robert the... Read more →
Top 5 Time-Traveling Romances
You know the story. A person from the modern (or near modern) era finds a magic portal to travel a couple hundred years into the past. He or she has... Read more →
Costume Designer Margaret Furse: The Frock Flicks Guide
She won an Oscar, an Emmy, and a BAFTA for costume design, and these wins and all her award nominations were for historical costume dramas. Yet... Read more →
Bletchley Circle: San Francisco Gets the Queer ’50s Right
When I first reviewed The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018), only a few episodes of the new BritBox show had aired. This continuation of the... Read more →
MCM: Peter O’Toole
Rakish, charming, and everything I think of as an old-school movie star, Peter O'Toole is classic man candy. He reputedly had over 1,000 lovers,... Read more →
Get Bookish With The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
I haven't read the book of the same name that The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) was adapted from, but the film did make me... Read more →
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