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From the Past

Films on the to-do list

  • Armageddon Time
  • Black Widow
  • Chimes at Midnight
  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Last Christmas
  • Remember Sunday
  • Shazam! 2
  • Thor: Love and Thunder
  • Spy Guys

Category: Period Dramas

Gosford Park (2001)

Film review: Gosford Park (2001), directed by Robert Altman I remember trying to watch this film a few years ago – primarily because of Tom

The Great Gatsby (2000)

TV film review: The Great Gatsby (2000), directed by Robert Markowitz Based on F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, this isn’t the recent Baz Luhrmann adaptation, but

Les Misérables (1998)

Film review: Les Misérables (1998), directed by Bille August A few weeks ago I mentioned how the 1978 TV movie adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic

Les Misérables (1978)

TV film review: Les Misérables (1978), directed by Glenn Jordan Before the popular film-based-on-the-musical, there have been other adaptations of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables. This

The Libertine (2004)

Film review: The Libertine (2004), directed by Laurence Dunmore A film about the Earl of Rochester sounds like a great idea, no? I thought so,

Miss Potter (2006)

Film review: Miss Potter (2006), directed by Chris Noonan tl;dr: It’s sugar, not a lot of spice, but all things nice. Miss Potter is nothing

Creation (2009)

Film review: Creation (2009), directed by Jon Amiel Charles Darwin (1809-1882) came up with the theory of evolution, which we all take for granted today

Bright Star (2009)

Film review: Bright Star (2009), written and directed by Jane Campion Bright Star chronicles the love story between the fashionable Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish) and