Corset News Archive - 11-Aug-2007
"Becoming Jane," the imagined back story of Jane Austen, might have seemed like a solid corset-and-carriage flick if a couple of other movies hadn't come along in recent years and covered similar territory in superior fashion.
In "Stardust," based on the book by Neil Gaiman, a Victorian village named Wall borders Stormhold, a parallel universe kingdom. The division goes even further: sequences in Wall are deliberately otherworldly, while scenes in Stormhold are more realistic. The agenda is clear: We are supposed to recognize the magical in the everyday, and vice versa. Pulling this off requires a filmmaker with an ...
Complete with a corset-wearing pirate, a witch whose beauty is only skin deep, a cranky star and a dying king, "Stardust" is a wildly crowded...
Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
In "Stardust," based on the book by Neil Gaiman, a Victorian village named Wall borders Stormhold, a parallel universe kingdom. The division goes even further: sequences in Wall are deliberately otherworldly, while scenes in Stormhold are more realistic.
Former Big Brother housemate Chanelle Hayes really, really wants to be just like Posh Spice. The reality TV star made an appearance at London's Embassy nightclub wearing a replica of Victoria Beckham's now infamous Chanel hotpants and corset ensemble
This weekend, English Heritage hosts the Festival Of History at Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire, which will see more than 1,000 people from 80 re-enactment societies playing out historical scenes involving the Roman Army
