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Emma 1996 movie cover
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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…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam February 2, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas6 Comments
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Prince of Egypt, Jane Eyre, Pickpocket, Babette's Feast, Great Expectations, The Kid Brother, Arthur Christmas movie posters
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2023 Year in Review: Filmish Edition

Last week I put up the bookish edition of my 2023 year in review. That was so long that I thought it made more sense to talk about my films of 2023 in a separate post. So, here is that…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 5, 2024Posted inPeriod Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments
"Happy New Year" over screencap from Jeeves and Wooster
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Happy New Year with Jeeves and Wooster

Happy New Year to one and all! To help usher in the New Year, I thought it would be fitting to share a project that I've spent what some would call far too much time on. I like to make…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam January 1, 2024Posted inBookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas6 Comments
My Top 7 Christmas Movies
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My Top 7 Christmas Movies

First things first: I'm one of Those People who tries to do very little in the way of Christmas-y things until it is actually Christmas. Seeing how it is not actually Christmas yet, but plumb spang in the middle of…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam December 21, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments
Great Expectations (1989) Review
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Great Expectations (1989) Review

Before I start this Great Expectations 1989 review, I'd like to get a couple important things out of the way. Firstly, I would like an explanation from the period drama world as to why I was never told that this…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam November 10, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas8 Comments
Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility Dream Cast

This is the project, darkly hinted at in my last post, that I have spent so much time and effort on: a Sense and Sensibility dream cast. I know, I know, we already have two good versions of S&S, and…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Posted inBookishness, Period Dramas4 Comments
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The Masterful Storytelling of Mary Poppins

This post is an entry in the 100 Years of Disney Blogathon at Silver Scenes. (Please note that everything I say in this post pertains to the 1964 Disney movie of Mary Poppins, not the original books by P.L. Travers,…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam September 15, 2023Posted inMiscellaneous, Period Dramas4 Comments
Les Miserables Cosette illustration
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My Top 4 Favorite Les Misérables Recordings

Being a nerdy member of the Les Misérables fandom, I've naturally listened to numerous different recordings of the musical. Although I don't think there is any perfect album, and my "dream cast" would be a conglomeration of various casts, there…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam August 15, 2023Posted inPeriod DramasNo Comments
Jane Eyre 2011 movie cover
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Jane Eyre (2011) Review

For some books, like Emma, I read through to the end, closed the book, and wanted to watch a movie version pretty much right away. This was not the case with Jane Eyre. In fact, it was years after I…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam July 25, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas3 Comments
Sense and Sensibility 2008 cover
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Sense and Sensibility (2008) Movie Review

Read my reviews of the 1971, 1981, and 1995 Sense and Sensibilitys here, here, and here respectively. In the interest of being upfront, I may as well tell you right away that this review is not likely to be completely…
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Posted by By Lizzie Hexam June 20, 2023Posted inPeriod Dramas2 Comments

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