{"id":129550,"date":"2016-01-24T04:13:44","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T11:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/24\/tv-movie-review-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-2015.html"},"modified":"2016-02-08T17:34:20","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T00:34:20","slug":"tv-movie-review-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/24\/tv-movie-review-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"TV Movie Review: &quot;Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr. Norrell&quot; (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, we <i>finally<\/i> finished watching this off the DVR. A lovingly crafted adaptation of the book, with good actors, good writing, and some decently evocative FX.<\/p>\n<p>Full review: <a href=\"http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell\/\">http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4 stars out of 5. Now I want to watch it in a continuous format without commercial (or real life) interruption.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style='text-align:center'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/101083456815352083930\/albums\/6243202354996497617\/6243202354936756306?authkey=CImStNb145_yogE'><img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-FprEVGdQWKY\/VqRPdsLjOFI\/AAAAAAADq4Q\/AnCHljs2BhI\/jonathan%2Bstrange%2Band%2Bmr%2Bnorrell.JPG?imgmax=660' style='max-width:650px;' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style='text-align:center'>\n<a href='' style='width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;background-size:cover;background-image:url();'><\/a>\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/Fpb9UGY7Dy5'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, we finally finished watching this off the DVR. A lovingly crafted adaptation of the book, with good actors, good writing, and some decently evocative FX. Full review: http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/jonathan-strange-mr-norrell\/ 4 stars out of 5. Now I want to watch it in a continuous format without commercial (or real life) interruption. \u00a0 View on Google+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":129551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/jonathan+strange+and+mr+norrell.JPGimgmax=660.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50221,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/the-jonathan-strange-and-mr-norrell-trailer.html","url_meta":{"origin":129550,"position":0},"title":"The &quot;Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell&quot; trailer","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 29-Apr-15 10:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A fun book. 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