Charles Dickens

• Trailers & Previews

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

Kendra January 28, 2016 8 311

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

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• Man Candy Monday

Man Candy Monday: Tom Hardy

Kendra January 26, 2015 5 380

Snark Week is over. Sob. To help us all transition back to the daily...

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• Frock Flicks Guide
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy

(Reboot) Doctor Who Historical Costumes, Part I

Trystan L. Bass November 24, 2014 6 290

Over 50 years ago, the beloved British science-fiction/fantasy TV show Doctor Who started out...

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• Nineteenth Century

Oliver Twist (2007) short review

Kendra April 30, 2007 437

BBC miniseries of the classic Dickens tale, with Timothy Spall as Fagin. Great production:...

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• Nineteenth Century

Oliver Twist (2005) short review

Kendra April 30, 2005 104

Roman Polanski’s feature version of the Dickens story was definitely entertaining, although Polanski dropped...

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• Nineteenth Century

Nicholas Nickleby (2002) short review

Kendra April 30, 2002 183

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. See the BBC miniseries instead. Weird pseudo-Victorian costuming, especially on Anne Hathaway as...

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• Nineteenth Century

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) short review

Kendra April 30, 2001 301

This BBC miniseries is WAY better than the recent feature film. Another dark Dickens...

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• Nineteenth Century

Great Expectations (1999) short review

Kendra April 30, 1999 1 165

Certainly way better than the modernized Gwyneth Paltrow version! Set in the 1860s, Justine...

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