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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…

By Lizzie Hexam January 5, 2024Period 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…

By Lizzie Hexam January 1, 2024Bookishness, Miscellaneous, Period Dramas6 Comments

Miscellaneous Period Dramas Vintage-ness

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…

By Lizzie Hexam December 21, 2023Miscellaneous, Period Dramas, Vintage-ness8 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam November 10, 2023Period Dramas8 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam October 20, 2023Bookishness, 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,…

By Lizzie Hexam September 15, 2023Miscellaneous, Period Dramas4 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam August 15, 2023Period DramasNo Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam July 25, 2023Period Dramas3 Comments

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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…

By Lizzie Hexam June 20, 2023Period Dramas2 Comments

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Sense and Sensibility (1995) Movie Review

Read my reviews of the 1971, 1981, and 2008 Sense and Sensibilitys here, here, and here, respectively. I may as well start off this review of the much-acclaimed and much-beloved 1995 Sense and Sensibility by revealing to you all that this…

By Lizzie Hexam June 13, 2023Period DramasNo Comments