From the monthly archives:

March 2008

War & Peace

25 March 2008
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Who never heard about (or read!) the famous masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy ? Many adaptations were made all over the years, but we mostly remember the 1956 movie with the lovely Audrey Hepburn. This time, French television (France 2) decided to make a mini-series starring Clémence Poésy (Fleur from Harry Potter) as Natasha Rostova and [...]

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The Duchess & Nightwatching

20 March 2008
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Those who like strong female characters and the Georgian period will be delighted to know that The Duchess, a movie inspired in Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire’s biography by Amanda Foreman, will be released this year (see release dates). You’ll see Keira Knightley in the role of Georgiana, Ralph Fiennes as the Duke of Devonshire followed [...]

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Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Merlin & Nottingham

19 March 2008
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Filming starts this month on a new, four part adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the D’Uberville. We’re mildly curious about it as the story is very sad and previous adaptations have left a sour taste in our mouths. It is not easy to make such a story of love, secrets, betrayal and double [...]

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Sense & Sensibility (2008) – Monthly Discussion

14 March 2008
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Sense & Sensibility, the latest adaptation by Andrew Davies and aired by BBC in the beginning of this year, is, as you know, the object of our monthly discussion.
It’s impossible not to compare this series with Ang Lee’s movie but each one has a different approach to Jane Austen’s novel. You can read our review [...]

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The Young Victoria

11 March 2008
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Queen Victoria is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing and fascinating rulers in history, reigning the United Kingdom for more than 63 years. It’s quite normal that her long life would be an interesting subject for several screen adaptations, like this one.
This movie is focused mainly on Queen Victoria’s ascension to the throne and her [...]

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The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

7 March 2008
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Last month we read The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory and since then we’ve been anxiously awaiting the movie adaptation but at the same time dreading it, we all know what a disappointment it usually is to see our favourite books on the big screen. Well, we shouldn’t have worried, they didn’t bungle up [...]

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Sense & Sensibility (1995)

7 March 2008
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In preparation for the upcoming discussion of the new Sense & Sensibility version by BBC we decided to post a review of the 1995 movie starring Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet.
The screenplay was really well done, Emma Thompson managed to captured Jane Austen’s spirit easily and with talent. It follows the novel pretty closely [...]

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The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

3 March 2008
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With Alexander Dumas being one of our favorite suppliers of stories for historical adaptations it was with great trepidation we recently watched the latest adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo. Something must have gone wrong in the scriptwriting department though as most of the intricate plot was reduced or even simplified. One of the [...]

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Sense & Sensibility in our Monthly Discussion…

2 March 2008
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This 14th March we’ll have our usual Monthly Discussion and this time, we chose the recent BBC’s Sense & Sensibility, Andrew Davies adaptation who was aired this January in the UK (March 30 + April 6 in the US). If you are interested in this series, don’t forget to join and share your opinions with [...]

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