Nicholas Nickleby (2002) short review
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. See the BBC miniseries instead. Weird pseudo-Victorian costuming, especially on Anne Hathaway as Nickelby’s love... Read more →
Gangs of New York (2002) short review
This movie just SO didn’t work for me. Overall, I didn’t get the Big Point Scorcese was trying to make, Daniel Day Lewis was too over-the-top for... Read more →
The Forsyte Saga (2002) short review
This wasn’t my favorite, by any stretch of the imagination, British TV costume miniseries, but it’s still worth a watch. A very complicated tale... Read more →
Daniel Deronda (2002) short review
We love the BBC! An adaptation of George Eliot’s novel, this is a dark story about selfishness (and unselfishness), domestic abuse, Judaism, and... Read more →
Napoleon (2002) short review
Pretty darn terrible, except for the genius casting of Isabella Rossellini as Josephine. She looks great but doesn’t get enough screen time. ... Read more →
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) short review
Not really worth watching — it just doesn’t work. I did manage to make it all the way through to the end, but it really wasn’t worth my... Read more →
Abduction Club (2002) short review
This was surprisingly Not Bad, given the fact that it was released in the UK in 2002 and never made its way to the US. Sophia Myles stars as one of... Read more →
Pearl Harbor (2001) short review
EXCESSIVELY cheesy, soap opera-y, melodramatic, nationalistic, teen-y, etc. etc. look at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ben Affleck is painful, Josh... Read more →
Love in a Cold Climate (2001) short review
Yet another charming British miniseries set between the wars, this one tells the story of three friends from their debuts through marriage and its... Read more →
Gosford Park (2001) short review
A great Robert Altman — who is known for his meandering, five billion characters — movie that does a fabulous job of portraying life above and... Read more →
