News: Lost in Austen

Starting September 3rd on ITV, Lost in Austen, takes us on a journey inside everyone’s favourite Jane Austen novel, Pride & Prejudice. It’s certainly an original idea, mixing a classic and time-travelling, but we’re left wondering if it’s going to work or bomb. What do you think?
We confess that it’s something that has once or [...]

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Merlin: the trailer

A while ago we mentioned the new BBC series Merlin in one of our News Flash posts. The series is done and set to start soon on BBC One so we decided to show you a little teaser. Here’s the trailer:
 

 
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1199099/

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Between Takes: Henry VIII special attire

We always enjoyed seeing behind the scenes photos of a period drama, it’s usually funny to see period costumes and contemporary attitudes not to mention that period drama fans love every sneak peak of their favorite actors, every tidbit of information and every little detail. We decided to start posting some of the photos we [...]

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News: Dorian Gray’s first image

Yesterday, shocktilyoudrop.com showed a first image of the upcoming movie  – Dorian Gray. What do you think?
You can find our previous post about this movie here.

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News: The Devil’s Whore

This is not exactly fresh news but we wanted to let you know about an interesting period drama in the making that will be aired this Autumn.
Set during the English Civil War, The Devil’s Whore tells us the story of the conflict through the experiences of Angelica Fanshawe, a 17 year old aristocrat who is [...]

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News: Robin Hood (yet again) & The Tudors

As we mentioned previously there will be many changes in Robin Hood’s season 3. As soon as we wrote about Toby Stephens getting on board as Prince John a new shocking news emerges – Jonas Armstrong will leave the show at the end of season 3 and the BBC promises an unforgettable scene for his [...]

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Stage Beauty

A period piece set in England around 1660, during King Charles II’s reign, I was surprised I didn’t remember it being out in the theaters as it’s the type of movie that usually catches my eye. Anyway, when I saw Claire Danes appear on screen, something started niggling at the back of my brain. (Didn’t [...]

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News: Pope Joan & Robin Hood

After a couple of problems and some cast changes, it seems that Pope Joan, the movie adaptation of Donna Woolfolk Cross’ bestseller about a female pope in the middle ages, is finally reaching its filming stage with the first scenes being shot next month in Morocco and Germany. Among its stars, are John Goodman, who [...]

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Love in the Time of Cholera

The book by Gabriel García Márquez is consistently on the best seller list, and even on the new classics list that’s floating around now, but, let me tell you- the movie is a stinker.
Surprised me too, because I usually love these types of movies,(Historical, Epic love and pain, etc.), obviously this one lost something in [...]

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