Costume Dramas
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'My Lady Jane' On Prime Video, Which Imagines What Happened If Lady Jane Grey Had Lived After Becoming Queen
Emily Bader, Edward Bluemel, Anna Chancellor and Máiréad Tyers star in the costume drama based on a popular book series. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Confessions Of Frannie Langton' On BritBox, About A Servant In Georgian England Falsely Accused Of Murder
Karla-Simone Spence and Sophie Cookson star in Sara Collins' adaptation of her own 2019 novel. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Empress' On Netflix, A Sexy Period Drama That Might Remind You Of 'Bridgerton'
A new German costume drama tells the story of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, who married the emperor when she was 16. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Cook Of Castamar' On Netflix, A Supposedly Sexy Spanish Period Drama About A Widowed Lord And An Anxious Cook
There's lots of sex going on in Castamar, but is it at all sexy? -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Death And Nightingales' On Starz, Where Decades Of Tragedy Culminate In A Woman's Big Decision
Matthew Rhys, Jamie Dornan and Ann Skelly star in this adaptation of Eugene McCabe's 1992 novel. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Luminaries' On Starz, Where Two Star-Crossed Lovers In 1860s New Zealand Go Down Dark Paths
Eva Green, Himesh Patel and Eve Hewson star in Eleanor Catton's adaptation of her award-winning novel. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Bridgerton' On Netflix, Where Shondaland Collides With Regency London For A Frothy Costume Romance
Shonda Rhimes' first Netflix series has a different setting than most of her shows, but it's just as quippy and sexy as those other series. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Legion' on Amazon Prime, a Gormless Roman-Empire Non-Epic Almost Starring Mickey Rourke
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Tesla' on VOD, a Purposely Oddball Biopic Starring a Stiff Ethan Hawke
Kyle MacLachlan co-stars as an antagonistic Thomas Edison. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Ghost Bride' On Netflix, A Malaysian/Taiwanese Drama About A Woman Who Marries A Dead Guy To Find His Killer
A young woman in Colonial Malacca makes the tough choice to lead the life of a ghost bride in order to secure her family's future. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Sanditon' On PBS, An Adaptation Of Jane Austen's Unfinished Final Novel About A Shore Resort With Secrets
Rose Williams, Theo James, Crystal Clarke, and Kris Marshall in Andrew Davies' adaptation of Austen's final novel. -
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Stream It or Skip It: 'Catherine the Great' on HBO, Where Helen Mirren Plays the Russian Empress in a New Miniseries
Yes, Mirren plays another queen in this new miniseries. At least this is a queen from Russia instead of England. -
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Stream It or Skip It: 'Kardec' on Netflix, a Biopic About a Man Who Believed We Can Communicate With the Dead
Kardec founded Spiritism, which the film absolutely does not believe is a bunch of ridiculous woo-woo. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Gentleman Jack' On HBO, The Real-Life Story Of A Hard-Driving Woman Looking For A Wife In 1830s English Society
Suranne Jones stars as Anne Lister, the real-life owner of an Yorkshire estate who just wants to be her true self. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Lady J' on Netflix, A Delightfully Twisty French Costume Drama
This period French costume drama buries its brutal twists in the mannered dialogue of aristocrats.