Tag: julianfellowes
Review: DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA, More of the Same, Except Slightly Different
Cannily marketed as an old-school, throwback “Motion Picture Event” three years ago to eager pre-pandemic audiences, Downtown Abbey, the big-screen sequel to the UK -created and -set series that ran across six seasons and 52 episodes, substantially outpaced its modest...
Review: ROMEO & JULIET, I Pray Thee Know This Movie Loves Close-Ups
If every generation gets the Romeo & Juliet it deserves, then this generation is doomed to relive the past in a reverential and utterly unremarkable series of close-ups. Adapted without distinction by Julian Fellowes and directed without distraction by Carlo...