Shakespeare

Versailles (2015-18)

New Costume Movie/TV Shows: Trailer Round-up, Early 2016 Style!

Kendra January 28, 2016

Here are all the upcoming historical costume movies and TV shows for winter and...

Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Keanu Reeves

SNARK WEEK: Top 9 Crappy Accents in Historical Costume Movies

Trystan L. Bass January 20, 2016

Support Frock Flicks with a small donation! During Snark Week and beyond, we’d be...

Downton Abbey (2010-15), Maggie Smith,

Woman Crush Wednesday: Maggie Smith

Trystan L. Bass December 30, 2015

Some may know her as the Dowager Countess Violet Crawley from Downton Abbey, but...

The Sea Hawk (1940)

16 Reasons Why the 16th Century Is My Happy Place

Trystan L. Bass October 6, 2015

Everyone who likes historical costume movies and TV shows seems to have one or...

Macbeth (2015)

Hail Macbeth

Sarah Lorraine September 23, 2015

The Macbeth (2015) trailer dropped a few weeks ago, to little note among the...

Crimson Peak (2015)

Fall Costume Movie/TV Show Trailer Fiesta!

Kendra September 18, 2015

Here are all the upcoming historical costume movies and TV shows for fall and...

The Last King: The Power and the Passion of Charles II (2003), Rufus Sewell

MCM: Rufus Sewell

Trystan L. Bass September 14, 2015

He’s been in everything, but, no, Rufus Sewell doesn’t have a glass eye, it’s...

Taming of the Shrew (1967)

TBT: The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Trystan L. Bass August 27, 2015

Is it misogyny or is it irony? You be the judge. Both Shakespeare’s original...

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Playing Fast and Loose With History, Part I: It’s Not New

Trystan L. Bass August 5, 2015

The main problem we at Frock Flicks (and our fans and friends) have with...

Emma Thompson

Woman Crush Wednesday: Emma Thompson

Trystan L. Bass July 22, 2015

Emma Thompson has been one of my top crushes since day one — that...