From the monthly archives:

January 2010

The Best of 2009

31 January 2010

We know we are a little bit late for our Best of 2009, but we couldn’t help to post something about it. After careful consideration here are our choices in no particular order:

Lark Rise to Candleford – season 2
Little Dorrit
John Adams
Bright Star
Agora
Return to Cranford
Garrow’s Law
Emma
Sherlock Holmes

And you, which were your favorite period dramas for 2009? [...]

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

28 January 2010

1912, Paris. The young Adèle Blanc-Sec is an intrepid journalist always after an unusual story. This time a mysterious creature is terrorizing Paris! When all those who saw the animal suddenly disappear, Adèle is convinced she needs to seek the truth behind this incredible story.
Directed by Luc Besson, the movie is adapted from a famous [...]

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Little Women (1994)

26 January 2010

Is there anything cosier than a movie about a family of 4 sisters growing up and going through some hardships together before finding happiness? I greatly enjoyed Louisa May Alcott’s story which I read as a teenager and now, after watching this movie I feel like rereading it again.

With a few changes that don’t ruin [...]

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

21 January 2010

After I read The Scarlet Pimpernel, which I loved, I got very curious about its movie adaptation. I know that there are more (and I do plan to find them) but the first one I found was this with Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews in the lead roles.
I did enjoy this version very much, the [...]

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Dorian Gray (2009)

14 January 2010

Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) is an innocent young man in his early twenties who just recently moved to London, his grandfather’s death has left him quite a wealthy man, with a significant estate and a privileged place in London’s Victorian society. Such a pure and naive character he immediately falls prey to Lord Henry Wotton’s [...]

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Boardwalk Empire – The Trailer

12 January 2010

Remember when we posted this piece of news? Well, the trailer has been released and it looks really interesting!! Anyone else waiting for this one to appear on the TV screens?

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The Borgias

11 January 2010

We have mentioned in the past the TV series The Tudors. The series seems to be coming to an end after the fourth season is aired later this year but it was such a success that Showtime decided to renew the formula but now with another dinasty, The Borgias. If there’s a family whose reputation is begging for a [...]

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Garrow’s Law (2009)

9 January 2010

Garrow’s Law is a courtroom period drama, a sober account of some the cases defended by William Garrow, a barrister that changed the course of the law by insisting on cross examining the witnesses. Set in the famous Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, Garrow’s work made him the most known lawyer of his time, [...]

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Madita by Charly (Period Drama Challenge)

7 January 2010

About Charly…
I’m 29 years old and currently studying Slavonic philology and literature (and also History and Spanish) in Munich.
I have been reading ever since I was taught the first letters in school and some day I discovered the wonderful world of literary adaptations. By now I am completely obsessed by all period dramas and my [...]

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