Easy Virtue (2008) short review
A well done adaptation of a Noel Coward play – fun, light, and goes exactly where you think it will go. Jessica Biel works surprisingly well as a... Read more →
Cadillac Records (2008) short review
An ensemble story of Chess records, with Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Etta James, and many more characters intertwining into a reasonably well done,... Read more →
Brideshead Revisited (2008) short review
I was surprised to like this as much as I did. Overall, it’s probably not as great as the 1981 mini-series (which hey, has Jeremy Irons and a whole... Read more →
Bride Flight (2008) short review
A Dutch production, but with dialogue mostly in English, that takes as its jumping off point the true story of various Dutch brides who immigrated to... Read more →
Australia (2008) short review
I was surprised, after all the negative things I’d heard about this movie, to actually enjoy it! I’m not saying it was the best movie ever, but... Read more →
Affinity (2008) short review
Another Sarah Waters novel adaptation, this one is fine but not inspired. Margaret Prior visits a women’s prison as a charitable endeavor in 1870s... Read more →
Sense and Sensibility (2008) short review
Yet again, I can’t avoid comparing this with the 1995 version, and again this one comes up lacking. It felt like they were trying too hard to make... Read more →
Miss Austen Regrets (2007) short review
Tells the fictionalized story of Jane Austen’s last period of her life as she deals with romantic regrets and the implications of her choice to be... Read more →
Lost in Austen (2008) short review
A recent ITV (UK) TV production, this tells the story of a modern day woman (Amanda Price), a huge fan of PandP, who switches places with Elizabeth... Read more →
The Duchess (2008) short review
Keira Knightley plays Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, the leading figure of fashion in 18th century England who had a crappy marriage and... Read more →
