Tagged: playing fast & loose with history

Costume movies tend to screw up certain things on repeat. We count down the top 8 things that costume movies screw up when it comes to 18th century costume.

The Moon and the Sun is an upcoming costume movie, set to release on April 10, 2015. It's... Read more →

Dangerous Beauty (1998) movie costumes are known as the pinnacle of shlock, but did you know that there's actually some historical basis in there?

Costume dramas are a great source for accurate portrayals of how people acted and dressed... Read more →

The movie Plunkett & Macleane (1999) is rife with WTF "18th century/Adam Ant" costumes!

A long time ago, on an Internet far away, I was writing a feature about a really awesome... Read more →

I discovered this flick on Turner Movie Classics, and like rubbernecking a horrific... Read more →

Catherine of Aragon is frequently misportrayed on screen. Here, we rank casting choices based on how well they resemble the real historical figure.

People who know me (Kendra) know that I am obsessed with all things 18th century. To that... Read more →

This fairly obscure movie from 2009 is very, very loosely based on the story of the last... Read more →