Sentences with phrase «romantic costume drama»
Interspersed with these are green - tinted installments of a science - fiction side - story inspired by Flash Gordon (one iteration of which includes an apparent Star Wars parody — the Flash Gordon serials were among Ruiz's childhood favorites); a Columbo - inspired detective story set at a country manor; a black - and - white romantic costume drama; a touch of musical comedy; and a Western - style shootout inside the movie theater.
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The line between truth and illusion is blurred so persuasively that for a moment or two, you may even believe that a romantic costume drama could stand up to all those special - effects blockbusters in the dog days of summer.
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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.
In the land of the costume drama, truly, films about Marie Antoinette are Queen, promising lavish sets, romantic intrigue and shocking decadence — but they don't always deliver.
It's quite a transformation from her roles in romantic comedies and costume dramas.
Commonly they are British period costume dramas of manners where women are tempestuous, men are either be cruel or intensely romantic, and prevalent themes of station, class, character and morality are bandied about.
A lavish, romantic depiction of the monarch's courtship with future husband Prince Albert (Rupert Friend), it's the very definition of a quotidian costume drama, skirting over the major issues of the early years of Victoria's reign to speak in broader terms about her idealism, the problems presented to her by her youth, and the manipulation of her affections by courtly politics.