Les Miserables

I am getting so excited for Les Miserables to be released in theaters! Every trailer I see looks better and better. Not to mention this featurette which talks about how they sang live for every take, no pre recording! It looks incredible! I get chills every time I watch it.

 It opens December 25, 2012 in the US. I'm hoping to get to see it while I am at home visiting family for the holidays. My sister and I used to play and sing the songs growing up and I became obsessed with the 1998 version and the abridged book when I was 12, so I'm looking forward to seeing it with her. I'm reading the complete unabridged book now (yes, all 1463 pages of it!) but I don't think I will finish it before I see the movie. It's really good though! I'm enjoying it.
♥ Anna

The Hobbit Dwarf Poster

I'm really looking forward to the first installment of The Hobbit coming to theaters this holiday season, I just ran across this poster and it made me smile. Look at all these characters!

Are you excited about the Hobbit?
♥ Anna Kristine

Snow White Patterns

 Simplicity just released two patterns based on the Snow White movies that have come out this past year. First, Snow White and The Huntsman, which I have yet to see but I think the costumes look amazing!

Simplicity 1773 (purchase here) is an awesome looking replica of the costume. And also includes a costume for the Queen.

The other pattern is for the blue dress from Mirror Mirror. 

Simplicity 1728 is a less detailed version but still gives you the same look and could be modified if you wanted it to be really accurate. (purchase here)

I hope you are all having a great week!
♥ Anna Kristine

Les Miserables

The trailer is out for the new Les Miserables which is coming out in theaters this December and I'm so excited to see it! I went through an obsession with this story when I was about twelve years old, (with the movie and book) I loved the movie with Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean and I can't wait to see Hugh Jackman in the role. Not to mention, it's a musical...and Anne Hatheway is in it. Both of whom have gorgeous voices. I have been waiting for them to do a musical together since they sang together at The Oscars. I am so looking forward to this!

And that is really all I have to say. I will let the photos speak for themselves:

You can view the trailer here.
~Anna Kristine

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Another Dickens film is coming out, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Here are a few photos! I recognize Tamzin Merchant (Georgiana Darcy in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice) and Alun Armstrong (Flintwinch in Little Dorrit) but otherwise I not too many familiar faces to me.

The costumes look pretty!

This will be interesting as it is based on an unfinished novel of Dickens. I haven't ever read it, have any of you?

Snow White and the Huntsman

It seems shortly after the Snow White inspired 'Mirror Mirror' hits theaters, another darker retelling will hit theaters. Snow White and the Huntsman is a version in which, instead of killing her as the queen orders, the huntsman trains snow white to fight the evil queen. This version stars Kristen Stewart as Snow White and Charlize Theron as the evil queen.

 The movie is from the same producer of Alice in Wonderland and you can see similarities such as her armor is similar to Alice's and the mushrooms in the poster above remind me a lot of the Alice in Wonderland poster.

 It does look as though the costumes are really well done though. Colleen Atwood (also known for Alice in Wonderland, Sweeny Todd, A Series of Unfortunate Events) designed the costumes.

 It will be interesting to see how this version turns out. I'm hoping it's not too dark. I read somewhere it would be somewhere along the lines of The Lord of the Rings. But I have a feeling I will prefer the more light version with Julia Roberts. However the costumes in this do look neat.
I love what they've done with her sleeves to give her the Snow White look in a more authentic historical way:

I'm interested to see if she wears any other dresses in the film. It all looks beautifully done so far!

Treasure Island

There is a new Treasure Island airing on television this year starring several familiar faces! And it looks like lots of fun pirate costumes!

 Elijah Wood plays Ben Gunn, you can watch an interview with him here about playing his character. Love these plaids!

 The movie also stars Rupert Penry-Jones (Captain Wentworth in the 2007 Persuasion) as Squire Trelawney.

 The costumes look very detailed and incredible.

 Donald Sutherland plays Flint.

And Keith Allen (the Sheriff in BBC Robin Hood) is playing Pew.
I'm excited to see it! I'm not sure when it's coming out, I think it may be playing on television in England or already have played there. I hope it comes to the US soon!
Also here is the trailer.
Makes me want to read the book again! I do love a good pirate movie!

Project: The Holiday Fireside Sweater

I've always loved this sweater Cameron Diaz wears in the movie The Holiday and for my birthday my friend bought me the Fireside Sweater pattern based on this sweater!

 I love the look of this sweater....it's so cozy and has so many cables!

My husband ordered yarn for me to make it (his birthday present to me) so here it is so far:

 Don't look too close...I've already made a couple mistakes with cables overlapping the wrong way in a couple places. But I can't bring myself to rip it out and start over. It's not that noticeable to me to maybe no one else will notice either? And it is my first sweater...so it will have some imperfections I'm sure.

Can't wait to finish this and snuggle up and wear it! Hopefully I can finish it before the weather turns warm!
Off to knit I go...
Keep warm!
~Anna Kristine

Hugo

I really want to see this movie! I've never read the book so I don't know much about it but the movie trailer looked interesting and the costumes and the whole look of the movie just looks wonderful.

Have any of you seen it? What did you think?

BBC Great Expectations 2012

There is a new Great Expectations coming out that looks interesting. I haven't ever read the book or seen a movie of it so I don't really know the story but I love Charles Dickens and the costumes look wonderful! It looks a little on the creepy side, but then it is Dickens.

 I really like this dress:

It will be interesting to see what it's like! And I'm interested in seeing more costumes!