Category: Classics
Watch the New Emma Trailer (2020): Full of Humor and a Promising Cast
The new Emma stars The Miniaturist’s Anya Taylor Joy, the always memorable Bill Nighy as Mr....
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12 of the Best Romantic Period Drama Movies on Disney+ to Watch
Here are some of the best romantic period drama movies on Disney+, from popular period dramas to historical fantasy films, and lesser-known costume dramas.
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The Top 35 Enchanting Christmas Period Dramas To Watch
Here are five new Christmas period dramas, including Little Women and 30 old favorites to revisit over the holiday season.
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The Best 30 Romantic Vampire TV Shows, Ranked by Romance
These are the most romantic vampire TV shows of all time.
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‘The Bitter Tea of General Yen’ Review – See One of the First Interracial Romances on Screen
Directed by Frank Capra, The Bitter Tea of General Yen is a relatively forgotten pre-Code film with social relevance, religious cynicism, violence, and a shocking interracial romance between a Chinese warlord and a Christian missionary. Indeed, this is not the type of movie one thinks of when referencing a Capra classic. It’s a Wonderful Life it is not. But that’s what makes this movie so fascinating. Not only is it different from Capra’s later films, but it’s also a love story ahead of its time.
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Five Reasons You Need to Watch the Roswell TV Show 20 Years Later
Here’s why you NEED to watch one of the best supernatural shows ever created, twenty years late.
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Coming Home (1998) Review: A Solid WWII Period Drama With Fine Performances
Coming Home (1998) is an ITV miniseries based upon Rosamunde Pilcher’s coming-of-age story of the same name. The series is set during World War II (pre and post as well) in England. It follows about a decade of the life and loves and travails of schoolgirl Judith Duncan, who comes of age as war erupts.
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Watch Colin Firth in the First Trailer for the New Adaptation of ‘The Secret Garden’
The first trailer for the new adaptation of The Secret Garden is here and it looks magical! From the producers of Paddington and Harry Potter, comes a new take on the classic children’s book by Frances Hodgson Burnett with Colin Firth in a starring role.
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988): A Modern-Day Animated Classic
My Neighbor Totoro is a hopeful film about two young sisters finding magic in everyday life, helping them to cope with life’s uncertainties.
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Delight in The Wizard of Oz: Life Lessons 80 Years Later
The Wizard of Oz offers a number of life lessons and I thought I would share just a few, with a little tongue-in-cheek commentary! These aren’t earth-shattering. Rather, these Wizard of Oz life lessons are sweetly sentimental.
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Love in the Later Stages: 33 Movies About Older People in Celebration of National Grandparents Day
While young love is often the go-to rom-com form, there is something to be said and gained by the examination of “old” love. Love that has weathered a lifetime together. Love that blossoms despite and because of wrinkles and grey hairs. And love that faces the ultimate separation: death. In celebration of National Grandparents Day, I’ve put together a list of movies about older people showcasing love in the later stages, “old” love as it were.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) – A Musical That is Pure Fun Entertainment
There is so much to love about Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, not the least of which it is pure escapist fun.
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