Gemma Arterton Online (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Gemma Arterton gets a breath of fresh air in between shooting scenes in her first major starring role. Gemma, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, plays a woman who transforms her looks – and her life – as she searches for that most desired thing: love. The fast-rising actress plays the eponymous Tamara [...]
Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Charles Moore from The Telegraph delighted in marking the mistakes in Emma 2009 in his article, This misdjudged Emma is a pendant's dream . His observations include: Why, for instance, on a single day of the story, were we offered the horticultural miracle of daffodils out, oak in full leaf and mature wistaria flowering (the last did not even acquire its name until two years after the book was published...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Charles Moore reviews BBC One's 'Emma'
Sue Wilkes (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The final part of Emma was screened last night, and I still have very mixed feelings about this adaptation. Once again there were too many opportunities missed to use Austen's original dialogue. Jane Fairfax (Laura Pyper) threatened to steal a show - she came across as a much more likeable character than Emma, which wasn't Austen's intention. Jonny Lee Miller's Mr Knightley did a lot to reconcile me...
Shouting at the Telly (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
I was a bit surprised they were stringing out Emma over four episodes. Unlike the rumbustious plot of Pride and Prejudice the story of Emma is so slight. But the adaptation was wonderfully written, and has opened up the book rather than simplifying it as the terrible film version with Gwynnie did, which turned this nasty black comedy into a sunny bonnets and punnets romp. Romola Garai was utterly beguiling...
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A quick sidestep into Turn off the TV territory, which is something I rarely do, but I’m enjoying Radio 4’s perennial everyday story of country folk so much at the moment, I had to say a few words. The Archers is on tiptop form right...
Jane Austen's World (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Highbury, the large and populous village, almost amounting to a town, to which Hartfield, in spite of its separate lawn, and shrubberies, and name, did really belong, afforded her no equals. The Woodhouses were first in consequence there. All looked up to them. – Emma, Jane Austen, Ch 1 Please take the Emma Poll at the [...]
Sue Wilkes (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Jane Austen’s 'Emma' always sets me a problem, albeit a very nice one. I always think ‘Pride & Prejudice’ is my favourite Austen novel until I re-read ‘Emma’ – there are so many good things I discover in it which I have never noticed before. Did BBC1's Emma come up to scratch? I thought the beginning was very dark – my jaw dropped when coffins appeared...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
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Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
guest post by mikl-em Dylan Moran levels a characteristically petulant critique of California and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wherein the Irish comedian demonstrates his personal aversion for “lifting up heavy things”. You might recognize Moran from the film Shaun Of The Dead. He also starred in a great, lesser-known (in the US) sitcom on Britain’s Channel 4 [...] This is a blog...
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Heaving chests and bouncing bonnets abound in the BBC's new adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma Sing hosanna, for the costume drama stork has deposited a bundle of joy on our collective doorstep. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel by Sandy "Jane Eyre" Welch, Emma finds Auntie in uncharacteristically playful mood, her lacy fingers dancing over the book's rusting "social commentary"...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
THE nights may be rapidly drawing in, but at least there's the comforting prospect of a new Jane Austen serial to see us through the bleak Sunday evenings.
Austenprose (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
UK bonnet drama viewers are in for a treat this week as the new BBC One miniseries of Jane Austen’s novel Emma premieres in the UK on Sunday, October 4th from 9–10:00 p.m. GMT. This is the first of four episodes of the adaptation by BAFTA award winning writer Sandy Welch (Our Mutual Friend, Jane [...]
The Medium is Not Enough TV blog (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Doctor Who Lis Sladen previews The Sarah Jane Adventures Film Five-minute behind the scenes Iron Man 2 video Friends : the movie to happen at last ? Neve Campbell signs up for Scream 4 Teaser trailer for Nightmare on Elm Street Theatre Rory Kinnear , Anna Maxwell Martin and Ben Miles to star in Measure for Measure Sister Act extends its run Gemma Arterton , Tamsin Greig and Rupert Friend to star in...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
"Quantum of Solace" actress Gemma Arterton has signed on to appear in 'The Little Dog Laughed', a savage comedy due to premiere on London's West End early next year.
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