http://www.buzzsugar.com Entertainment hourly. en http://www.buzzsugar.com/gallery/30079 <a href="http://www.buzzsugar.com/gallery/30079"><img width=106 height=160 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/ed2/192/1922398/44_2009/Picture_2_1_4.large.jpg'></div></a><p><span class="inline left"></span><br /> Every week up until the <a href="/114787" >Oscars</a>, I'll be featuring the nominees in the various visual categories. This week, I'll be looking at the nominees for <a href="http://buzzsugar.com/tag/Best+Costumes" >best costumes</a>, and today's featured movie is <a href="http://www.thequeen-movie.com/" target="_blank">The Queen</a>.</p> <p>Like any biographical drama, <b>The Queen</b> faces the challenge of reflecting the style and dress of actual people at a precise time in history. The costumes in <b>The Queen</b> accurately and naturally portray the Royal Family in 1997 London, so that they are a seamless (ha ha) aspect of the storytelling and not a distraction. In this case, it's not so much that the costumes are dazzling, as in <a href="/130365" >Marie Antoinette</a> or <a href="/127976" >Dreamgirls</a>, but that they are so normal that you never doubt the authenticity of the story.<br /> To check out <b>The Queen</b>'s costumes, read more<br /> <br class=clear-both /></p> <p><div class='gallery_thumbs ' ><div class=title><!-- gallery teaser --><a class=photo-count href='/gallery/30079'>View 8 Photos ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --></div><ul></ul></div></p> http://www.buzzsugar.com/gallery/30079#comment movies Helen Mirren The Queen Academy Awards 2007 Oscars Best Costumes Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:23:30 -0800 BuzzSugar http://www.buzzsugar.com/gallery/30079