Footballer's Wives - Season 2

footballers wive$ (2002)

Directors: Various

Starring: Zoe Lucker, Alison Newman, Gary Lucy, Susie Amy, and Cristian Solimeno

Description: Married to the stars of the Earls Park soccer team, Tanya, Chardonnay and Donna are provided with everything money and fame can buy. They should be enjoying their lavish lifestyle of couture fashion and champagne on ice. However, maintaining their husbands' celebrity status isn't easy. If their darkest secrets become public scandals, it could destroy everything. Set in the flashy, trashy world of sex, drugs and soccer stardom, Footballers Wives is guaranteed to keep you hooked from start to finish.

Review: If you think the first season was outrageous, just wait till you see this one. The crazy storylines get even carzier (if that's possible) with this second season. There are some real surprises in store for your favorite footballers. The creators of the show definitely kept up the feel of the first season. The show just gets better and better. A definite must see.

Score: 5 out of 5

Footballer's Wives - Season 1

footballers wive$ (2002)

Directors: Various

Starring: Zoe Lucker, Alison Newman, Gary Lucy, Susie Amy, and Cristian Solimeno

Description: Married to the stars of the Earls Park soccer team, Tanya, Chardonnay and Donna are provided with everything money and fame can buy. They should be enjoying their lavish lifestyle of couture fashion and champagne on ice. However, maintaining their husbands' celebrity status isn't easy. If their darkest secrets become public scandals, it could destroy everything. Set in the flashy, trashy world of sex, drugs and soccer stardom, Footballers Wives is guaranteed to keep you hooked from start to finish.

Review: How I missed this show is beyond me. From crazy storylines to outlandish acting, this show has it all. The first seasons focuses on three couples and how they deal with the fame and lifestyle of being footballers and footballer's wives. This show is just great fun. True it is very adult content, but I just love it. I think if you want to have fun while watching television you need watch this show.

Score: 5 out of 5

Emma

Emma (1996) (TV)

Director: Diarmuid Lawrence

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Strong, Samantha Bond, and Samantha Morton

Description: Emma Woodhouse has a rigid sense of propriety as regards matrimonial alliances. Unfortunately she insists on matchmaking for her less forceful friend, Harriet, and so causes her to come to grief. Through the sharp words of Mr. Knightley, and the example of the opinionated Mrs. Elton, someone not unlike herself, Emma's attitudes begin to soften.

Review: I was curious to see the BBC version of this story. I have to say I was rather disappointed. There seemed to be little to no chemistry between Beckinsale and Strong. After watching the movie, I am curious as to why Emma and Mr. Knightly loved each other. Knightly is barking at everyone the entire movie. Its really hard to see why anyone would like him (perhaps his huge fortune). If the casting were different, it might have saved the production. I would rather watch the Hollywood version of this story.

Score: 2.5 out of 5

Book Connections: One of the many film adaptations of Jane Austen's novel Emma. This book was somewhat difficult for me to get into. I didn't find it as enjoyable as her other novels. I did get it on audio book and perhaps I will enjoy that better than reading it for myself.

Emma by Jane Austen (1816)