Sunday, October 30, 2011

All's Faire in Love



Released in select theatres this past Friday, This uninspiring piece of work stars Christina Ricci, Bill Engvall, the legendary Ann Margaret (😮!) and Cederick the Entertainer among others...a surprisingly good cast that should've been given much more to work with. The story follows Kate (Ricci) an aspiring actress and Will (Owen Benjamin) a dumb jock who both take jobs for the summer working at Ye Olden Times Renaissance Pleasure Faire: Kate to earn money and spend time with her cousin (who also works at the faire), Will because he hast to get his professor (Cederick the Entertainer) to sign off on his many absences so he can play football next season. At the faire we meet Croket (Matthew Lillard), who befriends Will, Jester Roy and his puppet unicorn Horny, and the annoying Rank who keeps trying to get Kate to perform the grand finale production of Romeo and Juliet with him. In the end, Will and Kate find they're in love and Will finds that working at a faire isn't as bad as he originally thought. While the film's heart and story premise are in the right place, the lines and majority of acting in it are awful, and some things happen that would never happen at a faire. However, the costumes are decent, I'd have Ann Margaret as my faire's queen any day, and the look and feel of what faire is like is pretty much spot on. I give it 2 out of 5 stars
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: ,

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Coloring and Paper Doll Fun

As a dedicated follower of fashion, I have several paper doll books by Tom Tierney. So I decided to look on Amazon to see how many were dedicated to the Medieval/Renaissance eras and lo and behold, I found these:

Gothic Costumes Paper Dolls
Medieval Fashions Coloring Book
Posted by at No comments:
Labels:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)