Meanwhile, in Rivendell . . .

The costumes in One Night with the King  are stunning, particularly those of Hadassah (or Esther, whichever you prefer).  She actually wears so many different outfits that I'm picking my top five for the sake of conciseness. So here we go!:D The Royal Blue dress: Gorgeous.  It sort of reflects the passion and sadness of the scene.   The Rosebud dress: Don't you dare laugh at my title;)  So anyways, the gown.  A little pink, perhaps, but beautiful.  (By the by, I aDORE all of Hadassah's headdresses!) The Multi-colored dress: Okay, to be fair, it's difficult to come up with good titles for these dresses!xD  This is the dress Hadassah wears when she receives the news of the plot to assassinate Xerxes, if I am correct, and I love it.  This actress can really pull off any outfit, it seems. The Reading dress: You can't see it very well in this picture, but this is a very pretty dress.  I love t...

"For I saw very well that I could not have been intended to die, or I should never have lived; not to say should never have been reserved for such a happy life." ~ Bleak House , Chapter 36 Charles Dickens is not my favorite author.  'T'is just a fact.  Naturally, I love his conclusion to A Tale of Two Cities  (makes me sob), but having read that book and a part of Little Dorrit , as well as seen adaptations of LD and A Christmas Carol , I'm simply not a huge fan.  That isn't to say I don't think he's an amazing author, he just isn't my favorite.  There are reasons for that, but I shan't go into them now.  Suffice it to say that when I started reading BH (Bleak House) on Goodreads, I didn't expect to finish it.  I was fairly convinced that I would find it yet another dark tale that would weigh me down until I reached the far-off ending, and to be frank I didn't want to have to sacrifice hours and hours in the dark to get to a ...

My dears,  a Rumor floated around some months ago that Anthony Andrews (he who stole our hearts as the elusive Pimpernel) has "recreated" the role of 'Enry 'Iggins from My Fair Lady .  The Rumor states that Anthony Andrews' portrayal has, as one descriptor put it, "blown Rex Harrison's out of the water." Um. Darlings. *cue the Queen's voice from Mirror Mirror *  There's no such thing.  Anythony Andrews couldn't have outdone Rex Harrison's Higgins because that's simply humanly impossible. I missed the broadcast of A.A.'s MFL , but I have listened to a bit of Andrews' performance, and...I remain as staunch in my belief as ever.  Remind me exactly why  we prefer his portrayal to Rex Harrison's?   While I'm sure Anthony Andrews was delightful as Higgins (I personally didn't enjoy what I heard that much, but...as you've noticed, I'm somewhat biased:D), Rex Harrison, to me at least, took Higgi...