Period Dramas Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Starlight and Saucepans

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” (beware ✨aesthetics✨ ahead)

I wanted a post celebrating the beautiful season that is autumn, and eventually I hit on the idea of autumn-themed period drama mood boards. Part of the credit for this inspiration goes to a random denizen of the Internet who…

By Lizzie Hexam October 4, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas12 Comments

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Emma (1997) Review

(Please note that this Emma really originally came out in 1996, but to differentiate it from the Gwyneth Paltrow version (which I reviewed here), and because it wasn't released in the US until 1997, I'm referring to it as the…

By Lizzie Hexam September 4, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

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Inklings // August 2024

Audio version of "Inklings // August 2024" is available here. Inklings is back for August, and with a snazzy new button! (Check out Heidi's post here for the rules to link up.) This month's prompt is a scene by the…

By Lizzie Hexam August 5, 2024Period Dramas2 Comments

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10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer

Audio version of "10 Books and 10 Movies Perfect for Summer" is available here. This is a bit late in coming, perhaps, seeing how the summer is half over...but better late than never, right? Many of these stories are on…

By Lizzie Hexam July 20, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

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Our Mutual Friend (1998) Review

I think I was thirteen when I first read Our Mutual Friend, and I fell head-over-heels in love with it. When I first heard there was a mini-series of it, I had no interest in seeing it. They thought they…

By Lizzie Hexam June 29, 2024Period Dramas5 Comments

Amanda Seyfried as Cosette in Les Miserables

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Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables

Audio version of "Period Drama Wardrobes: Cosette in Les Misérables" is available here. The sad fact is that I am not the Les Misérables nerd that I was four years ago. (I apologize. We all have our flaws, you know.)…

By Lizzie Hexam June 6, 2024Period Dramas12 Comments

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Saving Mr. Banks (2013) Review

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away - otherwise known as back in January in my post on new-to-me movies of 2023 - I mentioned that I wanted to do a review of Saving Mr. Banks. Since…

By Lizzie Hexam May 31, 2024Period Dramas4 Comments

Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster and Stephen Fry as Reginald Jeeves in Jeeves and Wooster

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A Favorite Jeeves and Wooster Episode: “Introduction on Broadway”

The 1990-1993 TV show of Jeeves and Wooster is widely considered to be the best adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse's original stories to date. It's also a highly-regarded show on its own right, apart from its status as an adaptation -…

By Lizzie Hexam March 22, 2024Period Dramas16 Comments

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We Love Sibling Stories Week Tag

Today marks the beginning of We Love Sibling Stories Week over at Hamlette's Soliloquy...I may or may not be still writing my post for that, and it may or may not be turning out much longer than anticipated. But all…

By Lizzie Hexam February 19, 2024Bookishness, Period Dramas6 Comments

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Emma (1996) Review

(When I say "Emma 1996," I am referring, as you can see from the picture up above, to the Gwyneth Paltrow Emma. I suppose the People Who Make Movies were not feeling very moderate that year, since there are two…

By Lizzie Hexam February 2, 2024Period Dramas6 Comments