HBO’s The Gilded Age is off to a riveting start and here are five reasons why you should be watching if you’re a fan of period dramas.
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Scene Breakdown: Mr. Thornton and Margaret’s Kiss in ‘North and South’
Mr. Thornton and Margaret’s kiss in North & South remains one of the most iconic moments in romance history.
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‘Northanger Abbey’ Is Austen’s Most Spooky, Fall Film
Northanger Abbey is Austen’s most spooky, fall film and while it’s always an appropriate time to watch it, October is truly the best time.
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Scene Breakdown: John Thornton’s “Look Back At Me” in ‘North and South’ (BBC)
John Thornton’s look back at me in North and South is widely respected as a period drama moment and deserving of a breakdown. Set in the 1850s, BBC’s North and South series follows the story of Margaret Hale, whose family is uprooted from Helstone in the south to the northern industrial town of Milton. A vicar’s daughter used to the dull and prosperous life and society of the south, Margaret struggles adjusting to poverty and the fast pace of the industrial Milton. She meets local cotton mill, John Thornton, and the two immediately clash as Margaret is critical of his
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Sanditon 1×06 Review
Spoilers Ahead Welcome to Sanditon weekly, darling readers — the tropey-est, most exhilarating episode yet, we’re two away from the season finale and things are getting deliciously captivating. It picks up right where we left off last week with Charlotte on her way to London in hopes of finding Georgiana, except what she finds instead is Sidney on the same mission. And who doesn’t love an unplanned trope filled mission? All that was missing the necessity to share a bed because they were stranded somewhere with no other option, but I get it, I get it. It isn’t very Austen-esque.
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Sanditon 1×02 Review
Spoilers Ahead Sanditon’s second episode gives viewers plenty to sit with, good and bad — a jam packed hour full of some riveting moments that touch on the theme of class and judgement bitterly. It’s an episode full of some of the most cringeworthy statements along with some of the most relatable ones, but most exquisitely, it’s a testament to friendship, and Austen’s way of writing steadfast female friendships. If I were in charge of titling the episode, I’d call it “Paddling in the Sea”, for it’s best to describe the first steps into an astounding friendship and the exposure
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