Category: Romanticism
Ladies in Black – See This Elegant Period Drama Full of Style
Ladies in Black Review: Bruce Beresford, the award-winning director of Driving Miss Daisy, has a new period drama full of 1950s nostalgia.
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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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Review: ‘High Strung Free Dance’ is Full of Powerful Romanticism
High Strung Free Dance works as a standalone movie about the transcendent power of artistic creation and Romanticism – with a compelling love triangle added into the mix, of course!
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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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‘Welcome 2 Life’ Review: This is a Fun New Fantasy Romance to Watch
The eagerly anticipated Korean drama starring Rain (big heartthrob in my eyes), Welcome 2 Life, is a fantasy drama not to be missed. With only 32 episodes to digest, the series feels all too brief. But it’s a Korean Drama worth watching. Welcome 2 Life includes suspense, humor, and my favorite – supernatural forces at work. With the combination of action and adventure but also love and family, the show has a well-rounded appeal.
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New to Netflix in October 2019: The Best of Romance and Period Drama
Netflix (October 2019): This Month’s Romance and Period Drama Highlights …
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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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Review: Downton Abbey is the Period Drama Movie of the Year
Downton Abbey may have ignited a new age in cinema, proving going to the movies can still be a magical experience. The Downton Abbey movie (written by creator Julian Fellowes) is glamourous, nostalgic, funny, romantic, clever, heartbreaking, and entertaining. It’s everything you expect to see in an excellent period flick. Will it make complete sense if you haven’t seen the TV show? Maybe not. But it’s not hard to follow and even Downton newbies in the audience were entertained. But what made the film ultimately so special was the experience itself.
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Preview of the Best Fall 2019 Shows on Acorn TV
Certain production companies and networks consistently put out good television. One of these is Acorn, a streaming company bringing us many of our favorite Australian and British shows. Some of them you might know and include The Hour, A Place to Call Home, Queens of Mystery, and more recently, My Life is Murder. As a fan of their programs, we take a look at the fall 2019 Acorn TV schedule (consisting of both old and new content) you can find on Acorn’s website.
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‘We Met in December’ Book Review: A Charming, Holiday Romance
Note: I received a free copy of We Met in December from the publisher, HarperCollins, in exchange...
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Tanna (2015): Star-Crossed Lovers in the South Pacific
From the island of Tanna in the country of Vanuatu, a group of islands in Melanesia, east of Australia in the South Pacific, comes this heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. Yes, the Tanna movie is essentially a tribal version of Shakespeare’s great tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Two young lovers torn apart by intertribal strife and collective customs.
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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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