The Death of Louis XIV: Death by Boredom
The Death of Louis XIV (2016) has been on my watch-list for a while now, and I recently scored a DVD of it. I've heard nothing but praise for this... Read more →
Moving Day!
You may (or may not) have noticed some website wonkiness over the past few days -- that's because we're moving frockflicks.com to new servers that... Read more →
Top Five 1960s – 1970s Movies
Our standing joke-not-a-joke is that we don’t review historical costume movies set when I was alive, since I'm the oldest staff member. That means... Read more →
TBT: The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
We bitch about remakes here at Frock Flicks, and I know there are big fans of the 1934 Scarlet Pimpernel out there. But I'm going to sing the praises... Read more →
WCW: Justine Waddell
Whatever happened to Justine Waddell? She had tons of ingenue roles in the 1990s, from Tess of the d'Urbervilles to Great Expectations to Wives &... Read more →
Should Actors Look Like Historical Figures They Portray in Films?
Controversial opinion ahead: No, I don't always care if an actor looks exactly like the historical figure she or he is portraying in a frock flick.... Read more →
Costume Designer James Keast: The Frock Flicks Guide
James Keast isn't a name you hear regularly mentioned, but he's got a lengthy body of work that's really quite impressive. He seems to emphasize... Read more →
Frock Flick Free-for-All March
You asked for it, so here's an occasional open thread to bitch about anything tangentially related to history, costume, movies, or TV shows! Or... Read more →
Oh the Bad Movies & TV You’ll Watch 7!
With seemingly endless hours of historical costume movies and TV shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, broadcast TV, actual movie theaters, etc., we... Read more →
WCW: Anne-Marie Duff
Anne-Marie Duff has almost always played second-fiddle roles, which I think is lame, because she's super talented and quirky/beautiful. I first... Read more →
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