Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) short review
I’ve never seen the musical on which this film was based, so have no emotional attachment that it seems so many have… I found the plot... Read more →
Stardust (2007) short review
I really enjoyed this adaptation of a Neil Gaiman comic, as the young hero leaves his classic English rural town sometime in the 1870s-80s to enter a... Read more →
The Shadow in the North (2007) short review
The sequel to The Ruby in the Smoke, it tells of a further adventure of Sally Lockhart. I don’t know why I liked this one better than Ruby, but I... Read more →
The Sally Lockhart Mysteries: the Ruby in the Smoke (2007) short review
Semi-entertaining but nothing to write home about. Billie Piper stars as Sally Lockhart, Victorian girl detective, in this bustle era BBC production.... Read more →
Oliver Twist (2007) short review
BBC miniseries of the classic Dickens tale, with Timothy Spall as Fagin. Great production: fun to watch, interesting casting (especially Sophie... Read more →
Cranford (2007) short review
An amazing cast (Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis, and many more) round out this mixture of various Elizabeth Gaskell stories, all set in... Read more →
Persuasion (2007) short review
A pretty darn decent adaptation of the Austen novel, which is impressive given that it’s part of the ITV series. Sally Hawkins is great in the part... Read more →
Northanger Abbey (2007) short review
One of three ITV (UK TV) Austen adaptations, I liked this one the best, probably because the only thing I can compare it with is the 1986 version... Read more →
Mansfield Park (2007) short review
One of three ITV Jane Austen adaptations from 2007, this production attempts to be more modern and relevant (à la the Kiera Knightly Pride and... Read more →
Becoming Jane (2007) short review
Shockingly, I actually really quite liked this – so long as I ignored the fact that the main character — a Regency-era writer named Jane Austen... Read more →
