Tag Archives: Historical

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood may be from California, but both her identity and her latest film are firmly rooted in the African continent.  The Woman King is set in 19th Century Benin and follows General Nanisca (Viola Davis), leader of an elite all-female unit of warriors – the Agojie – who protect the Kingdom of Dahomey. …

Frances O’Connor may be best known for her roles in movies like AI: Artificial Intelligence and Mansfield Park, but now the actor has turned her hand to writing and directing. Her feature debut is Emily, a dramatization of the life of Emily Brontë, the author of the 19th Century classic …

Gentleman Jack creator Sally Wainwright says she’s “gutted” the show has been canceled by HBO – but promises that all hope for season 3 is not lost, as the BBC looks into finding a new partner. Last week, the US channel confirmed it would not be moving forward with the …

Persuasion, the Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel, is out in selected cinemas today before it arrives on the streamer next week – and the reviews are in.  The movie sees Dakota Johnson star as Anne Elliot, a young woman living with her snobby family who are on the …

Gentleman Jack has been canceled by HBO after just two seasons. Created by Happy Valley’s Sally Wainwright, the Suranne Jones-led period drama centers on real-life Yorkshire-based landowner Anne Lister, retroactively dubbed “the first modern lesbian”, as she strikes up a romance with the wealthy Ann Walker, and navigates male-dominated business …

The first trailer for The Woman King is here – and it’s epic. Based on a true story, Viola Davis stars as General Nansica, leader of the Dahomey Amazons, who were an all-female military regiment in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey from the early 1700s to 1904. John Boyega …

Finding the best movies on Amazon Prime Video is no easy task, because the streamer is packed full of incredible films across just about every genre. That makes narrowing the massive library down to a few choices a mammoth undertaking, but we’ve done just that. We’ve rounded up the very …

The best shows on Amazon Prime Video aren’t hard to come by. However, that does beg the question: what should you watch next? That’s where we come in, as we’ve narrowed down everything on the platform to just 29 of the best series.  While we wait for The Lord of …

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia is getting a small-screen re-release, with the extended cut of the movie becoming a six-part miniseries set to stream on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus internationally.  The show, which is officially named Faraway Downs, will follow the same story as the 2008 film, but feature …

Unlike some Netflix shows that have a nasty habit of disappearing after its first season, Vikings: Valhalla season 2 has been officially greenlit. Even better news: it’s already been filmed and is more or less ready to set sail for streaming waters at some point in the near future. While …