Costume Drama Rewind

Tainted love never dies - we review the BBC tv movie version of Philippa Gregory's "The Other Boleyn Girl" from 2003 and the 2008 American movie. Which is worse? Hard to say.

Today, we’re talking about THE defining movie of the 1990s, James Cameron’s Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, and a production budget equal to the gross domestic product of several Scandivanian countries.

We’re reviewing the Tim Burton classic Sleepy Hollow. Released in 1999, it stars Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien, Richard Griffiths, Michael Goff, and Christopher Walken. 

Today’s film is Operation Mincemeat, which came out in 2021, is directed by John Madden, and stars every single prestige British actor, including Colin Firth, Matthew McFayden, Penelope Wilton, Kelly McDonald, and Jason Isaacs, aka Lucius Malfoy, aka the next Mr. Laura Skog.

Welcome to season three of Costume Drama Rewind! We’re back with a movie historians love to hate. Released in 2000, Gladiator was directed by Ridley Scott and stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Möller, Oliver Reed, a hologram of Oliver Reed, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, and DUMBLEDORE!

Welcome to season three of Costume Drama Rewind! Today we’re bringing you a preview of our third season and sharing some fun memories from a historic and historical trip we took together at the beginning of summer. 

Batter up! We’re talking about “42,” the 2013 movie about Jackie Robinson. It was directed by Brian Helgeland, and stars the late great Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, and Andre Holland.

 In honor of the recent 544th anniversary of Thomas More’s birth and the upcoming 36th anniversary of Megan’s, we’re covering the 1966 film, “A Man for All Seasons,” which was adapted for the screen from the 1960 play by Robert Bolt.

We're having the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby danced with Danny f*@#ing Kaye! In this episode, we look at how filmmakers handled extremely recent history, that of WW2, in 1946 and 1954 with "It's a Wonderful Life" and "White Christmas" respectively. Among the topics we discuss are 1950s nostalgia for the 40s, entertainers who served in WW2, how veterans were treated after the war, and how banks work (apparently everyone in Bedford Falls needs a refresher).

Happy Thanksgiving from Costume Drama Rewind, where we’re marking the holiday by reviewing the animated classic “The Mouse on the Mayflower.” Did the Pilgrims really get rescued from all their troubles by a mouse in a tiny hat? Probably not, but that’s also not the weirdest or least accurate thing going on with this little movie.