Tag: Emily Beecham
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My Mother’s Wedding, a weekend with the family
My Mother’s Wedding brings three women home for their twice-widowed mother’s third wedding. It’s a weekend filled with family love and family squabbles. Kristen Scott Thomas directed and co-wrote the screenplay with John Micklethwait. The film is a memoir-ish tribute to her own two father figures.
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Daphne: Emily Beecham stars as the aimless Daphne
Daphne is a character study. Emily Beecham plays the disconnected Daphne as she faces life unwillingly. She does not want to grow up, but at 31 she gets plenty of reminders that she needs to grow up.
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The Pursuit of Love, fantastical and melodramatic
The Pursuit of Love is a fantastical and melodramatic look at the lives of two cousins coming of age between the two world wars. It’s a period piece about the social limitations of womanhood and the frustrations of the proto-feminists at the center of the story.
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Review: Unforgiven (2009)
Unforgiven, the Unforgiven I’m talking about, is not a Western. It’s a 3 part drama from 2009 and the BBC starring Suranne Jones. I wandered into a conversation about it on Twitter with @gingesbecray and learned that not only does it star Suranne Jones – really all the recommendation a series needs – but it…