The Tudors

By Garon I have to say those days might have come and gone because Showtime is taking over. With shows like Dexter and The Tudors, Showtime is bringing fresh new shows that viewers are connecting with. One such show is Californication. ...

By Kristin Sample Filed under: Other Drama Shows, OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S02E07) I need to point something out first. When they show Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the opening credits, he stares into the camera and widens his eyes just a little bit at the last second. It's perfectly sexy and haunting...

By Kristin Sample S02E05) This was by far the heaviest episode of The Tudors I've seen. I'll get to my review of the heavier parts later. First, however, I think I'll begin with some of the lighter parts of the episode, all of which were provided by the Pope. I know I've said it before but Peter O'Toole is an invalua...

By 1979semifinalist This match was deemed unworthy by both Cardinal Wolsey and King Henry (although it was a time before Anne would realize the king had anything to do with it).  Wolsey undid her marraige quite cruelly and she was banished from court temporarily.  That was a very hard lesson to learn.  And for a w...

By Paul Levinson I saw the first episode of The Tudors, Season 2, on Showtime On Demand ... Not to worry, this is history, after all, so it's not easy to give much away, and I promise to be mum about anything embellished, in this or any review I may post before the episode's full-bodied airing... Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Henry VIII and Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn are as sensual as last year, and, who cares if this Henry's a rail like Abe Lincoln and not hefty like the real Henry. Rhys Meyers' performance still carries the requisite weight. This setting of this momentous stage of history will appear on Showtime this Sunday evening. See also ... my reviews of all of last season's episodes, beginning here ... a Da Vinci-esque thriller" - New York Daily News   [read the full post]

The tale of Henry VIII's epic-making love affair has been told many times; this version is a free adaptation with a great cast and lavish sets and costumes in a handsomely packaged four-CD set.

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By Nathaniel Jonet Sam Neill is beyond belief as the corrupt Cardinal Wolsey Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a decent Henry the Eighth, although I hear he’s not as good looking with short hair. This show is not cheesy, and if there’s one thing which snatches it ...

DVD Review: The Tudors  Canada - Jan 4, 2008 The show stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the young King Henry VIII. The box set contains four-discs and has ten episodes which span one-hour-long each. ...

DVD Review: The Tudors: Season One  WA - Showtime's steamy, brawny and Golden Globe-nominated series based on the early reign of Henry VIII, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the young, virile and sexy ...

TV Review: The Tudors - Gee Cardinal Krupke (An Ode To My Favorite ... Blogcritics.org, OH - Apr 4, 2007 I’m not convinced that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is the best choice to play Henry, at least based on the fantasy version of Henry I have in my head. ...

By Kati Irons Which brings us to Showtime’s new series The Tudors. I admit I was a wee bit excited when I heard about this series, excited enough that I actually changed my cable subscription from HBO to Showtime. Weeds. The L Word. Dexter. None of these shows, as interesting as they seemed, were enough to enti...