Little Women (2019)
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s much-beloved and oft-adapted novel of the same name, Little Women relates the story of the four March sisters, growing up in their humble existence in 19th Century Massachusetts. Greta Gerwig...
Tagged: set in the 19th Century
The Lighthouse (2019)
The premise of The Lighthouse is relatively simple: two men isolated indefinitely at a rocky island lighthouse some distance from the coast of New England go mad over time. If you really want to simplify...
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Turning around the reputation of Disney animation in 1989, The Little Mermaid, the studio’s loose and much more upbeat take on the Hans Christian Andersen tale originally published in 1837 that looked to restore their more...
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part III is the third and final installment of the popular trilogy, this time going to the past, to Hill Valley of 1885. Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally...
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation is based on real-life events that occurred in Virginia in 1831, where a slave named Nat Turner (Parker, Beyond the Lights) would lead a revolt against the white slave-owners. The film showcases...
The Magnificent Seven (2016)
The Magnificent Seven is a remake of a classic Western of the same name from 1960, which itself is a remake of a classic samurai masterpiece, The Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa. Antoine Fuqua takes the director’s...
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alexander Skarsgard (Zoolander 2, Hidden) stars as John Clayton III of Greystoke Manor, an earl living comfortably in London during the Victorian Era, whose past has made...
Slow West (2015)
Slow West is an offbeat Western, set in the American Old West but featuring mostly non-U.S. actors and shot in New Zealand. it’s a movie that entertains more from the odd little touches — a...
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Seth Grahame-Smith’s tongue-in-cheek reimagining of Jane Austen’s 19th Century classic romance novel finally hits theater screens, perhaps a bit too late to catch either the zombie craze or the fervor for Jane Austen adaptations...
A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
Set in the fictional town of Old Stump, Arizona in 1882, Seth MacFarlane stars as Albert Stark, a skittish sheep farmer who has been recently dumped by his beloved girlfriend Louise (Seyfried), who quickly...