WCW: Ruby Bentall
A quintessential character actor, Ruby Bentall has a recognizable and very youthful looking face. That may lead her to be typecast as younger girls,... Read more →
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TBT: Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
In spite of the doo-wop style music, I didn't peg Little Shop of Horrors (1986) as a period piece until a recent viewing. But yep, it doesn't just... Read more →
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023)
The Bridgerton stories takes a jump back in time (mostly) and instead of showing another venture into the Regency marriage market, we get a series... Read more →
TBT: Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Nothing says "medieval cliches" like a 1950s take on Arthurian legend, and the second of this medieval-themed trilogy starring Robert Taylor and... Read more →
Tom Jones (2023)
PBS Masterpiece and ITV have done a new adaption of The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. This four-part series, Tom Jones (2023),... Read more →
MCM: King George VI
It's been 86 years since the United Kingdom crowned a king, so let's take a moment to look back on George VI and his portrayals in movies and TV.... Read more →
Five Fabulous Frocks From Salem
When I was doing a WCW on Tamzin Merchant, I stumbled down the rabbit hole of Salem (2014-17) costumes again. Because, as disappointing as the show... Read more →
Great Expectations (2023) Is Not So Great
I've often stated my dislike of the writings of Charles Dickens, and at Frock Flicks we've long noted that the period when his works are mostly set,... Read more →
As You Like It (2006)
Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare adaptions kind of petered out after Hamlet in 1996, but it's hard to top a four-hour version of one of the Bard's most... Read more →
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)
I've mentioned this one a few times as having a highly romanticized plot and very pretty, generically historical costumes. Mary Queen of Scots (1971)... Read more →
