Sentences with phrase «best costume dramas»
Ronan and Robbie are both phenomenal actresses, and I'm a sucker for a good costume drama.
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A list of romantic TV shows needs a few bodice - ripping costume dramas, and Poldark is among the best of the bunch.
From costume dramas to beloved sitcoms, from murder mysteries to musical comedies, there's something here for everyone who loves watching TV's best couples.
It ends up having all the requisites of a period drama — a strings - heavy soundtrack, lavish costumes and passionate declarations of love — plus a good deal more.
Making its American debut Sunday via the PBS series «Masterpiece Mystery,» 201 years after Elizabeth Bennet finally said yes to Mr. Darcy, it's a highly satisfying riff on the original work, as well as a credit to the modern British costume drama.
The best men to make costume dramas seem to be Ishmael Merchant and James Ivory, the fellows that brought us Room with a View, Howard's End, and Remains of the Day.
Upon entering I thought that I could very well be walking into yet another costume drama that takes no time whatsoever to work on an able story (i.e. Valmont), but instead I was treated to a beautifully layered film that is probably the second best I've seen so far this year.
«Ran» is a heroic saga of human destiny, a war movie with some of the greatest battle scenes in the history of the cinema, a costume drama of the utmost magnificence — and a crackling good samurai movie chock full of swordplay and palace intrigue.
Aw hell... wanted to see some costume drama with some epic fighting scenes here... where is Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg when you need them... well, Bandidas (2006) was hardly good but Max Manus (2008) was good, and people say Kon - Tiki (2012) is good too.
You do see some overlap between the NBR awards and the Oscars, of course — the awards in 1980 and 1982, to name but two years, were pretty close to those of the Academy, and the Board gave their award for Best Picture of 1989, the year of «Do the Right Thing,» to «Driving Miss Daisy,» for crying out loud; like the Oscars, they have a weakness for White Elephant - type biopics and costume dramas — but there are more years when the winners (not the nominees!)
Superb in every sense of the word, acting, script, costume design, attention to detail.An old fashioned drama real quality film making at it's best.
This is costume drama and nostalgia at its best.
* James Ivory, who has competed three times in the directing category for his literary costume dramas «A Room With a View,» «Howards End» and «The Remains of the Day,» is officially the oldest Oscar winner ever at age 89 after winning Best Adapted Screenplay for the love story «Call Me by Your Name.»
And don't say you didn't get a little weepy when good old Matthew Crawley met his untimely death due to a lack of seatbelts and a desire to leave British costume drama behind.
It's his fourth nomination in a rich career that extends way back to the late 1950s though he's best know for the popular costume dramas he made in the 1980s and 1990s with his producer and life partner, the late Ismail Merchant (1936 - 2005).
Wright proved last time out that he's more than just a costume drama expert, so we're even more excited about his return to the pre-modern era for this one, and he always seems to bring out the best in Knightley, who's a good fit for the lead role.
Star of the titular role, Rupert Friend's previous performances have included charming gentlemen in costume dramas like The Young Victoria (2009) and Pride and Prejudice (2005), though he is probably best - known for his role as Quinn, a professional assassin in Showtime series Homeland (2011 --RRB-.
Even if I did not particularly learn anything from it, I was completely engrossed by Elizabeth, which not only makes the traditionally stuffy and aloof British costume drama accessible, but entertaining and exciting as well.
Cornish does about as well as could be expected, considering her character 1) appears to be permanently heavily sedated, 2) spends most of her time on screen window shopping, and 3) is totally unbelievable, a woman with a storyline from a Victorian costume drama rather than 1998 New York, never displaying a hint of backbone or inner life.
As a wuxia film (a particular type of fantastical drama / action film involving Chinese martial artists and set in deep history), its loveliest resonances are found its finely executed martial arts sequences, costuming and period setting, as well as the still charisma of Shu Qi's performance.
And Keira Knightley proves again that costume dramas are where she is at her best.
The Golden Globes love awarding high - brow soaps like The Affair and two - time winner Homeland, as well as meticulously accurate costume dramas like Boardwalk Empire and three - time winner Mad Men.
A super-concentrated packet whose features have the precision of an X-Acto knife, Natalie Portman literally and figuratively blasted out of the box as a pubescent punkette assassin in The Professional (1994) and hasn't taken a breather since, working with the top stratum of directors in a carousel of genres ranging from costume drama (The Other Boleyn Girl) to space opera (the Star Wars prequel trilogy), to mirror - splintering psychodrama (Black Swan, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role).
Knightley was excellent in this same director's Pride & Prejudice, and in other costume dramas, as well, so I'm not sure why she can't do a Russian princess of 1874.
«The film is a visual feast with just enough shocks to ensure you don't mistake this for some well - mounted costume drama.
In the way that Mad Men won awards for attention to detail in their set and costuming, this film perfectly captures a slice of life in 1947 as well as the drama of the events that unfold.