Sherlock Holmes, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Beautiful and the Damned

 
A couple of months ago, we announced that Robert Downey Jr. would be impersonating one of our favorite detectives – Sherlock Holmes. This project gets even more interesting after we recently learned that Jude Law will be also part of the cast as Mr. Watson. Isn’t this wonderful news?
 
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/
 
 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [...]

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Wives & Daughters

One can’t really get enough of these BBC productions and hoping for another masterpiece, we decided to watch Wives & Daughters, based in Elizabeth Gaskell (North & South) novel with the same name. The story revolves around Molly Gibson, a country doctor’s daughter whose mother passes away and leaves her without a female influence. With [...]

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Period Dramas at the Emmy Awards

Period dramas were in evidence Sunday night as John Adams, a period drama about America’s second president won 13 Emmy Awards, Mad Men, about advertising executives in New York during the sixties got 6 Emmys and there was still an Emmy for Dame Eileen Atkins for Cranford.
We haven’t watched the first two shows and would [...]

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Movie Review: Molière

This film, based on French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (also known by his stage name Moliere) came out of no where for me. (Saw it on blockbuster online and couldn’t resist!) I had never heard of Molière before this film nor that “he is considered one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western [...]

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Lark Rise to Candleford

After a few news posts about Lark Rise to Candleford we are ready for a full review of it’s first series. The story opens with young Laura Timmins leaving her parents’ house in Lark Rise to go to work for Dorcas Lane at Candleford’s post office. There she encounters a new reality and the other [...]

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News: Nottingham, Changeling, The Reader

More fresh news about Nottingham, after Russel Crowe and Sienna Miller, Christian Bale will also join the project but nobody knows if he will play Robin Hood or King Richard… Which one would you prefer ?

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955308/

Changeling, the upcoming movie by the talented Clint Eastwood. Based in based in a true story of a mother [...]

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News: Lark Rise to Candleford Special Episode & Second Season

The summer is almost gone, fall is coming with a new set of Tv series to entertain us! After announcing Cranford will be back with a special episode (and we would love to know more about it) it has been announced that Lark Rise to Candleford will also have a special episode to be broadcasted [...]

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Who would you cast as Miss Elizabeth Bennet ?

After our “Who would you cast as Mr. Darcy ?” we needed to do something similar for Elizabeth Bennet. Make your choice!

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Who would you cast as Mr. Darcy?

Since we found out who would be playing Mr. Darcy in Lost in Jane Austen, we have been wondering if we had the choice, who would we cast for the role. Finally, we decided to do a poll with several actors and see which are the favorites. Of course, you can also add your own answer (at [...]

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