Tag: Gemma Arterton

  • Lost in Austen review: fantasy romp through Pride and Prejudice

    Lost in Austen review: fantasy romp through Pride and Prejudice

    Lost in Austen is a nearly 20 year old mini-series about a modern woman who finds herself living in Jane Austen’s fictional world of Pride and Prejudice with Elisabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. I found it a hoot – clever and funny.

  • Culprits, British action series has love, revenge, danger, and big money

    Culprits, British action series has love, revenge, danger, and big money

    Culprits is a British heist series. I was hooked on the people from the first minute to the end of the last episode. Unlike an action movie I reviewed just the other day, this series has some interesting qualities. The lead character is a gay man. There are plenty of self-powered women characters. The purpose…

  • Rogue Agent, based on a true story

    Rogue Agent, based on a true story

    Rogue Agent is based loosely on the true story of Robert Freegard. Freegard was a British conman who bilked women out of their money by pretending to be an MI5 agent. There are some minor spoilers ahead.

  • Review: Summerland

    Review: Summerland

    Summerland tells a lesbian love story that segues into a tale about how the British protected their children from the Blitz during World War II. You feel the female gaze in this story, which was written and directed by Jessica Swale.

  • Review: Their Finest

    Review: Their Finest

    Their Finest tells the story of Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) who struggles to write the script for a British propaganda film about World War II while living in London during the blitz.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Their Finest

    Watch This: Trailer for Their Finest

    Their Finest is a female driven story about a World War II script writer. Gemma Arterton plays copywriter Catrin Cole, who lands a job writing women’s dialogue for war films at a British ministry.