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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

Period Dramas

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

Period Dramas

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

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Prince of Egypt, Jane Eyre, Pickpocket, Babette's Feast, Great Expectations, The Kid Brother, Arthur Christmas movie posters

Period Dramas Vintage-ness

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

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

Period Dramas

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

Miscellaneous Period Dramas

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

Period Dramas

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 Dramas5 Comments

Period Dramas

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