Gosford Park (2001) short review
A great Robert Altman — who is known for his meandering, five billion characters — movie that does a fabulous job of portraying life above and... Read more →
Enigma (2001) short review
I found this story of love and secrets surrounding British code-breakers during World War II to be quite interesting. The costuming is well done,... Read more →
Charlotte Gray (2001) short review
It’s really too bad that this film wasn’t better, given that I loved the book and Cate Blanchett is amazing. Nonetheless, the filmmakers... Read more →
The Cazalets (2001) short review
Yet another fabulously sprawling, multi-character story from the BBC, this miniseries tells the story of the well-to-do Cazalet family, from the late... Read more →
Bride of the Wind (2001) short review
Falls into the usual trap of based-on-a-real-person movies of trying to cover too much time. Set in the 1900s and 1910s, it tells the story of Alma... Read more →
Moulin Rouge! (2001) short review
Okay, don’t hit me — I know everyone loved this movie, but I have to say I would have liked it a whole lot better if it had stopped the... Read more →
Wives and Daughters (2001) short review
Up there with Pride and Prejudice as one of the best BBC miniseries of all time. Based on the book by Elizabeth Gaskell, with Justine Waddell as... Read more →
The Way We Live Now (2001) short review
This is a great BBC miniseries written by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice) based on Anthony Trollope’s satirical novel. Because many of the... Read more →
Victoria and Albert (2001) short review
Positives: BBC miniseries, beautiful 1840s costuming. Negatives: tries to cover way too much time and both main characters aren’t translated... Read more →
Original Sin (2001) short review
Okay, confession time: I really love this movie! Yeah, it’s cheesy, it’s overly melodramatic, it tries WAY too hard to be eroTIQUE — but... Read more →
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