Tag: Jane Austen

Movies in May – Love and Friendship

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! I can’t think of a better way to end our Movies in May theme this month than by doing a review of the most …

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Movies in May: Bollywood Meets Hollywood in “Bride and Prejudice”

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! A modern Bollywood adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” becomes a delightful tribute to both India and Regency England… _____________________________________________________________________ Bollywood is the name given …

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Movies in May: Grab some popcorn and watch Mansfield Park with me! Part 4

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! I really love watching and re-watching period movies. But one of the best parts comes from catching all those little period details that I …

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Movies in May: How Hollywood Ruins Jane Austen

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! A cranky Jack Caldwell has his say about Hollywood and Jane Austen in this edition of the Cajun Cheesehead Chronicles.       The …

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Darcy among the Luddites

My plots come to me in the strangest ways. Once during the remnants of a hurricane, I was listening to the news telling us not to go out because of downed power lines across the roads, and I thought, “Darcy would not have had that problem during a hurricane!” Thus began Mr. Darcy’s Refuge. My …

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Movies in May: Grab some popcorn and watch Mansfield Park with me! Part 3

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! I really love watching and re-watching period movies. But one of the best parts comes from catching all those little period details that I …

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Movies in May: Becoming a Fan of “Becoming Jane”

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life? Well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! Today: how Shannon Winslow, almost against her will, learned to love the loosely biographical film Becoming Jane.        I love movies and …

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Jane Austen’s Villains: Wickham in Different Guises

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! One thing that bothers me about the movie versions of Jane Austen is that they generally make the villains rather too handsome. Think Dan …

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Movies in May: Grab some popcorn and watch Mansfield Park with me! Part 2

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! I really love watching and re-watching period movies. But one of the best parts comes from catching all those little period details that I …

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Movies in May: The ‘M’s of Emma in Clueless

Do you love films based on Jane Austen’s work or life, well, then you’ll love our theme this month. Grab your popcorn and a soda! It’s time for Movies in May! Let’s go back more than 20 years (has it really been that long?) and take a look at the film, Clueless.       As we look at …

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