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REVIEW of Emma (BBC Film, 2009)

Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content to live in Highbury, managing the house for her hypochondriacal father. As the foremost lady of village society, she has no need to marry to be a person of consequence. But where others are concerned, she enjoys a bit of matchmaking, and after she predicts that her governess Miss Taylor…
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REVIEW of Ekaterina: The Rise of Catherine the Great (TV Series)

What did it take for a woman to rule the ruthless world of Russia in the eighteenth century? In Ekaterina, a Russian-made miniseries, we see the journey of the young and naive German princess Friederike as she is forged into the strong and savvy woman who would rule Russia as Catherine the Great. As the…