This week, we watched the 2012 horror film The Woman in Black, starring a glowed-up Harry Potter and our current older bae Ciarán Hinds. It was even spoopier than I even remembered. If you’re in the mood for some Halloween fun, it’s available for streaming for free on Amazon Prime.
Knock knock, bitch.
Watch it, Mr. Rochester. Five more mean comments and I’ll devote my whole life to you.
Your stage name is WHAT now, Sarah?
Mediocrities everywhere! I absolve you.
Et tu, Ciarán?
We didn't even mention Natalie Dormer, but she's clearly the star of the whole series.
S-T-A-U-N-C-H
This week we continued our sampler platter of period piece TV shows with the 2010 reboot of Upstairs/Downstairs.
SEE-UWD BIDS
This week we're kicking off a sampler platter miniseries, in which we watch the first episode or two of a period piece television show to give you a little taste of what they're about. We started with Hulu's Harlots, starring Samantha Morton and Lesley Manville as dueling brothel proprietors.
Content warning: this show is about prostitution in the 18th century, so there is a lot of sexual abuse and assault depicted. It's definitely not for everyone, and that's ok.
Eww, a banana? Really?
An Education was our introduction to the luminous Carey Mulligan, wherein she played 17-year-old francophile Jenny Mellor in early-1960s suburban London. We relate to this character as a (less sheltered, more taken-advantage-of) version of our younger selves, who were similarly pretentious and culturally-obsessed. This is a (more or less) easy-breezy 100 minutes, and definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it recently.
She's too pure to be pink.
We don't "pop" anywhere, Ms. Thing.
This is a solid movie, dawg. Not much to say here.
What is there to say, fellow millennial girls? You've probably seen this one a few dozen times at sleepovers (if you're on the older end of our generation like Lindsay), but if you haven't watched it again recently, give it another look. It's so charming, so sweet, so no-worries.
It's a say-something hat day.
This week we watched one of Lindsay's favorites from high school: A Knight's Tale. Despite a dope cast and a solid soundtrack, a lot of this movie's idiosyncrasies didn't super hold up, but if you can turn your brain off for a while, it can be a pretty good time.
Make sure you check out Daniel Ortberg's brilliant Paul Bettany impression to make the most of your viewing experience (and your life).
"Y'actin' queer."
This week we watched a Sherman family favorite, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. In addition to an absurdly long title, this movie boasts a pretty impressive cast, a beautiful and hypnotic soundtrack, and a whopping 3 female characters (none of whom ever get to interact with one another).
Here are a few things we mentioned in the episode:
Next week, we're watching A Knight's Tale. Get your high school life, older millennial ladies.
Don't tell me how to enjoy my streusel.
This week we watched one of our all-time favorites, Inglourious Basterds. Here are a few things worth noting:
If it all goes to seed, I can just pretend to be 24 later.
You not 'bout to tell me how to live my life, Bertie.
Here are a few other things to take a look at:
