Tag: period drama

What I Watched Last Night: Garrow’s Law, Episodes 1 and 2

Post author By Linotte Melodieuse
Post date Saturday, August 17th, 2013
3 Comments on What I Watched Last Night: Garrow’s Law, Episodes 1 and 2

So Netflix screwed up and didn’t send me the Hitchcock version of The Lodger, but something else that was on my queue instead. Garrow’s Law is a 2009-2012 BBC period drama based on the life of real barrister William Garrow. It stars Andrew Buchan, Lyndsey Marshall, Rupert Graves, and Alun Armstrong.

Tags bbc drama, garrow's law, period drama, What I Watched Last Night, william garrow

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Why Did HBO Remake Mildred Pierce?

Post author By Sissy Larue
Post date Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
9 Comments on Why Did HBO Remake Mildred Pierce?

HBO’s remake of Mildred Pierce concluded last week and now that the five-hour mini-series has marinated in my brain for a while, I have a few questions. The main one that lingers is, “Why the hell did they make this movie, anyway?”

Tags hbo, kate winslet, luxurious life, mildred pierce, netflix, period drama, set dressing, single mom, social norms, societal pressure, starring joan crawford, todd haynes, TV