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The Emmas: which is your favorite?

18 February 2010

Jane Austen’s world is a fascinating place for all fans of period drama. Aware of this interest cinema and TV soon started to adapt the British writer novels to the screen. Until today we can count several Emma adaptations and spinoffs. We are going to talk about four of them, the ones we know and [...]

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Emma (2009) – Monthly Discussion

15 February 2010

We haven’t had a monthly discussion in some time but the truth is that not only our time has been scarce lately but also we were waiting for a series/movie that would appeal to many of us, period drama obsessional fans. BBC’s Emma (2009), from the very beginning, seemed like the perfect choice for a [...]

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Announcing our next monthly discussion (15-21 February)

5 February 2010

It’s been ages since we did our last montly discussion and we’ve been talking lately about organizing another one, this time about the new BBC Emma. Stay tunned during the 15th and 21st February if you want to share your opinions with us!

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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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Return to Cranford (2009)

2 January 2010

After watching Cranford last year I was naturally happy to find out that there would be a Return to Cranford (aka Christmas Cranford) in 2009. Now that I’ve watched it I can only hope that the producers or whoever is in charge decides to do a Cranford 3!
In this two part series we return to Cranford and [...]

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BBC Emma (2009): a double review

9 December 2009

Today we decided to post a double review, since Ana T. and I had already both seen Emma and written something about it, we decided to share them both.
 
Ana T.’s review:
 
I just realised that I have now watched 4 versions of Emma, the BBC’s 1972 miniseries, the Paltrow, the Beckinsale and the BBC’s 2009 miniseries. None of [...]

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Boardwalk Empire

22 November 2009

 
We’ve just heard of a new period drama set during the 1920s. Called Boardwalk Empire and produced by Martin Scorcese for HBO it will tell the story of Atlantic City from the early beginnings to the Casino city it became. It’s not a place we know much about so we figure it might be interesting. [...]

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Pride & Prejudice (1995) by Charlotte (Period Drama Challenge)

14 November 2009

 
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the 1995 version of Jane Austen’s most famous novel is the best adaptation to ever grace our screens, large and small. The casting, costumes, music, in fact everything about it is marvellous!
 Rarely is a classic novel not slaughtered by adapting it, with the end result being incredibly inferior [...]

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