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Promo for my upcoming historical crime novel, "Eye For An Eye."

Claire Williams goes from widowed homemaker to sheriff of a small, crime ridden town. When a convict escapes from jail and commits a series of murders, she must find a way to take him down.

KATE WINSLET as ROSE DEWITT BUKATER

I have been MIA this month. At least I felt like I have. I’ve been writing and editing, but just haven’t been able to get myself together enough to do a new blogpost. That changed yesterday…the trailer of the new “Sense and Sensibility” dropped! I watched it like five times.

Here it is:

Here is my reaction:

WHAT I LIKE

How young Elinore and Marianne look. In the books they are nineteen and sixteen/seventeen respectively. The actresses do look close to their characters’ ages.

Mrs. Dashwood also appears young. In the book she is around forty.

From the trailer, it does seem the production is taking a different creative route. Both the 2008 and 2024 versions borrowed from the 1995 version for both character development and themes. I hope this new version will be able to stand independently from previous versions.

The cinematography is beautiful. Really artistic looking.  

This trailer doesn’t make me angry like the “Wuthering Heights” one did.

The closeness of Elinor and Marianne. For me the book isn’t a romance. It’s the story of two very different sisters and their love for each other.

Awkward Edward Ferrars. Edward is awkward in the book and this Edward looks a little awkward too.

WHAT I DON’T LIKE

The hair. You know how persnickety I can be about hairstyles. What is up with those hairstyles? Wearing their hair down, sometimes in caps (which is actually period correct and rarely shown), and then in the ball scenes their hair is styled in Georgian era styles. Fanny’s and Mrs. Jennings hair are also styled in a Georgian style.

That leads me into my next complaint: what era does this version take place in? I’m not a costuming expert, but the dresses look more Georgian to me. If it is based in the Georgian era, that would explain some of the hairstyles and costuming choices. But don’t some of the dresses look Regency era? The book was originally written in 1795-ish; it’d be intriguing if this adaptation was based in that period.

The dresses look really blah. Maybe that’s realistic though. The Dashwood ladies fall into genteel poverty and that should reflect in their clothing. But even with Fanny and Mrs. Jennings, who have money, their dresses are blah. Nothing eye catching.

Bearded Colonel Brandon. Kind of comes across like a creeper to me. “Such spirit is all too rare.” Just weird to me. And he’s a little violent when he throws that one guy around (I’m assuming it’s Willoughby). Colonel Brandon, though he fought a duel, was well-principled man. Not volatile. It’s going to be hard to beat the late, great Alan Rickman. He *was* Colonel Brandon.

The modern mannerisms. I struggle with modern mannerisms in a period drama. Modern mannerisms take me out of a period drama.

Willoughby isn’t that dashing. Shouldn’t he be?

Sense and Sensibility 2026 – Trailer Reaction

June 26, 2026 ~ Veronica Leigh ~ Edit"Sense and Sensibility 2026 – Trailer Reaction"

I have been MIA this month. At least I felt like I have. I’ve been writing and editing, but just haven’t been able to get myself together enough to do a new blogpost. That changed yesterday…the trailer of the new “Sense and Sensibility” dropped! I watched it like five times.

Here it is:

Here is my reaction:

WHAT I LIKE

How young Elinore and Marianne look. In the books they are nineteen and sixteen/seventeen respectively. The actresses do look close to their characters’ ages.

Mrs. Dashwood also appears young. In the book she is around forty.

From the trailer, it does seem the production is taking a different creative route. Both the 2008 and 2024 versions borrowed from the 1995 version for both character development and themes. I hope this new version will be able to stand independently from previous versions.

The cinematography is beautiful. Really artistic looking.  

This trailer doesn’t make me angry like the “Wuthering Heights” one did.

The closeness of Elinor and Marianne. For me the book isn’t a romance. It’s the story of two very different sisters and their love for each other.

Awkward Edward Ferrars. Edward is awkward in the book and this Edward looks a little awkward too.

WHAT I DON’T LIKE

The hair. You know how persnickety I can be about hairstyles. What is up with those hairstyles? Wearing their hair down, sometimes in caps (which is actually period correct and rarely shown), and then in the ball scenes their hair is styled in Georgian era styles. Fanny’s and Mrs. Jennings hair are also styled in a Georgian style.

That leads me into my next complaint: what era does this version take place in? I’m not a costuming expert, but the dresses look more Georgian to me. If it is based in the Georgian era, that would explain some of the hairstyles and costuming choices. But don’t some of the dresses look Regency era? The book was originally written in 1795-ish; it’d be intriguing if this adaptation was based in that period.

The dresses look really blah. Maybe that’s realistic though. The Dashwood ladies fall into genteel poverty and that should reflect in their clothing. But even with Fanny and Mrs. Jennings, who have money, their dresses are blah. Nothing eye catching.

Bearded Colonel Brandon. Kind of comes across like a creeper to me. “Such spirit is all too rare.” Just weird to me. And he’s a little violent when he throws that one guy around (I’m assuming it’s Willoughby). Colonel Brandon, though he fought a duel, was well-principled man. Not volatile. It’s going to be hard to beat the late, great Alan Rickman. He *was* Colonel Brandon.

The modern mannerisms. I struggle with modern mannerisms in a period drama. Modern mannerisms take me out of a period drama.

Willoughby isn’t that dashing. Shouldn’t he be?

The trailer looked a little dull to me, but I am still interested in watching this. As I mentioned above, it doesn’t enrage me the way the new “Wuthering Heights” adaptation did. I do think I’ll find myself comparing it to the 1995 masterpiece.

What do you think? Am I right? Or have I missed the mark?

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