Glorious 39 (2009) short review
A suspenseful mystery set during the very outbreak of World War II. The fabulous Romola Garai plays the eldest daughter in a Fine Old British Family... Read more →
An Education (2009) short review
This is deserving of all the rave reviews it received! A very well done story of a precocious English high school-age girl who thinks she’s ready... Read more →
Cracks (2009) short review
If the idea of a psychological thriller set in a pre-war English boarding school sounds as good to you as it does to me, you’re really going to... Read more →
Coco Before Chanel (2009) short review
A very well made, nuanced view of Coco Chanel from her humble origins as a seamstress and vaudeville performer, through some complicated... Read more →
Cheri (2009) short review
This was far less hokey than I thought it would be. Ignore the film poster! Michelle Pfeiffer plays an older courtesan who falls in love with a young... Read more →
The White Ribbon (2009) short review
A very arty, slow moving film that requires some patience, but will absolutely blow you away. It’s a very small story set in a small village in... Read more →
The Young Victoria (2009) short review
A well made biopic that does its best to spice up Queen Victoria’s story, and succeeds as much as is possible. Emily Blunt does a great job with... Read more →
Sherlock Holmes (2009) short review
A VERY boy-riffic look at the famous detective — it’s Sherlock Holmes, action hero! Meh. It was fine, but very meh. Not my cup of tea, I guess! I... Read more →
Desperate Romantics (2009) short review
A BBC miniseries about Pre-Raphaelite painters Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, John Millais, and Elizabeth Siddal. It was surprisingly... Read more →
Wuthering Heights (2009) short review
I enjoyed this more than the 1992 version – but I still don’t want to read the book! Tom Hardy was good at being tortured as Heathcliff, I... Read more →
