The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996)

Just after seeing Jane Eyre, we were curious about other works with Toby Stephens. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, adapted from the novel with the same name written by Anne Brontë, seemed right up our alley.
Set during Victorian England, the series tells us the story of a mysterious woman – Mrs. Helen Graham – who [...]

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Actor Spotlight: Toby Stephens

Toby Stephens became one of our favorite period drama actors after seeing him for the first time in Jane Eyre. Since then, we tracked his work and try to see most of it. When we heard he was to play Prince John in BBC’s Robin Hood, we thought it might be the perfect excuse to [...]

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Robin Hood, aka The Bad Guys Strike Again

Last year we reviewed Robin Hood – season one . It took us a long time to get to season two but since we are now very interested in watching season three (Toby Stephens! Toby Stephens! )  we decided that this was something we had to do first.
We won’t go into the costume details, enough has [...]

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

A wonderful little movie Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day deserves much more attention than what it received when it was released. A woman who has lost everything sees her world turned upside down after becoming entangled in a young singer’s affairs of the heart in the London on the eve of World War II. [...]

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Agora (2009)

Set in Roman Egypt in 391 A.D., this historical drama tells us the story of Davus, a slave who seeks in Christianity the freedom he always yearned while he falls in love for his master, the renowned astronomer and philosopher Hypatia. During the religious riots led by fanatic Christians who invaded the streets of Alexandria, [...]

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