Eileen Atkins Archives - Old Ain't Dead

Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman in Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters review, raunchy and funny women for the win

2 Comments / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / July 30, 2024 / Alisha Weir, Anjana Vasan, Eileen Atkins, Gemma Jones, Hugh Skinner, Jessie Buckley, Joanna Scanlan, Lolly Adefope, Malachi Kirby, Olivia Colman, Thea Sharrock, Timothy Spall, Wicked Little Letters, Women Directors

I loved Wicked Little Letters. I loved the raunchy Shakespearean curses, I loved the cast, I loved the humor, I loved the wacky feminine urge to resist the patriarchy. It is a complete delight.

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Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, and Joan Plowright in Tea with the Dames

Review: Tea with the Dames

Leave a Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / March 27, 2019 / #eldersrock, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright, Judi Dench, Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Tea with the Dames, There is nothing like a Dame

The delightful 1 hour and 24 minutes you spend with Tea with the Dames will make you smile until your face hurts.

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Review: The Crown

6 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / November 9, 2016 / Ben Miles, Claire Foy, Eileen Atkins, Jared Harris, Jeremy Northam, John Lithgow, Kate Phillips, Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, The Crown, Vanessa Kirby, Verity Russell, Victoria Hamilton

Netflix’s 10 part drama The Crown makes the the first years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign a human tale of love and sacrifice. And it makes very clear that being the Queen of English is a terrible job to be

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