Woman Crush Wednesday16 Woman Crush Wednesday: Emma Thompson By Trystan L. Bass on July 22, 2015 Emma Thompson has been one of my top crushes since day one -- that would be when I saw... Read more →
Frock Flicks GuideSnark Week40 SNARK WEEK: Keira Knightley Historical Costume Movies By Trystan L. Bass on January 22, 2015 Why oh why is Keira Knightley the early 21st-century "It Girl" for period dramas? I don't... Read more →
Nineteenth Century1 The Young Victoria (2009) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2009 A well made biopic that does its best to spice up Queen Victoria’s story, and succeeds... Read more →
Nineteenth Century1 Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2007 I’ve never seen the musical on which this film was based, so have no emotional... Read more →
Nineteenth Century Oliver Twist (2007) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2007 BBC miniseries of the classic Dickens tale, with Timothy Spall as Fagin. Great... Read more →
Nineteenth Century Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2006 An adaptation of the novel written to be a prequel to Jane Eyre and which tries to tell... Read more →
Nineteenth Century1 Wives and Daughters (1999) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2001 Up there with Pride and Prejudice as one of the best BBC miniseries of all time. Based on... Read more →
Nineteenth Century The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) short review By Kendra on April 30, 2001 This BBC miniseries is WAY better than the recent feature film. Another dark Dickens tale... Read more →
Nineteenth Century Onegin (1999) short review By Kendra on April 30, 1999 One of those Really Terrible movies that’s just gorgeously costumed. Unrequited... Read more →
Nineteenth Century Les Miserables (1998) short review By Kendra on April 30, 1998 Pretty bad — see the stage play/musical instead. Set in the 1810s and 1830s, possibly... Read more →
