Parade’s End (HBO) Review – A frosty collection of studied moments

Parade’s End, the five part HBO miniseries, begins tonight. It stars a blonde Benedict Cumberbatch, a pale ginger Rebecca Hall, and Carey Mulligan, Kirstin Dunst and Michelle Williams-esque Adelaide Clemens. You’ll want to make Downton Abbey comparisons, but they won’t work.  While our beloved Abbey is something we expect to be warm, tragic and sentimental… […]