Here’s how the various plotlines from Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale were finally tied up. (If you’re looking for my 3-star review, it’s here.) The ending At the very end of the film, we see the Earl and Countess of Grantham leaving Downton Abbey on foot, waved off by family and servants alike. They’re not… The ending of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, and how they got here Read More
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale 3 stars
It’s 1930, and society is changing; with those changes as well as old mores threatening the residents of Downton Abbey. This is meant to be the last Downton Abbey film in the franchise, but is it really the end? I would not be surprised if in five years they’re rebooting the whole thing but with… Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale Read More
Downton Abbey – 1 Minute Video Review Includes Video 3 stars
Click here for my full Downton Abbey review (Warning: spoilers, though it’s not really the kind of film where it matters.)
Downton Abbey 3 stars
Less one big plot than a series of minor inconveniences dressed up as one (though you could argue that for the rich, a minor inconvenience is a great big plot), the only internationally important event that takes place in Downton Abbey is then treated as a minor inconvenience. Sumptuous though the film is to look at, Julian… Downton Abbey Read More
The Duchess 3.5 stars
*** Read my interview with The Duchess’s Oscar-winning costume designer Michael O’Connor *** Freedom is an absolute, the just-married Georgiana tells Whig politician Charles Fox in the 1770s, when it turns out that his progressive ideas to share power and wealth more equally among Britain’s citizens only really work for him if some are more… The Duchess Read More