Can an obsessed theme park entrepreneur create a flourishing environment for creatures hundreds of years old? That’s the question asked by the Jurassic Park series and “Austenland,” about a 21st ...

USA TODAY Review%3A * * 1/2 out of four Stars%3A Keri Russell%2C J.J. Feild%2C Jennifer Coolidge%2C Bret McKenzie%2C Jane Seymour Rated PG-13%3B Runtime%3A 1 hour%2C 37 minutes%3B Opens Friday in ...

It is a universally acknowledged truth that one should not try to beat Jane Austen at her own game. Demure but feisty, Austen has fended off pretenders for two centuries. Some channel her with success ...

With the runaway success of the British TV drama Downton Abbey, audiences have developed a ravenous appetite for stately period costume dramas. Jerusha Hess’s Austenland,making its premiere at the ...

You might think it’d be impossible to make a bad film inspired by the works of Jane Austen. You haven’t seen “Austenland,” a film produced by the “Twilight” books creator Stephenie Meyer. I assure you ...

“Austenland” is a clumsy comedy built on the shaky ground that separates broad, low spoof from straight romance. Lumbering along, miscast and ugly to look at, it’s a faintly promising idea utterly ...

The missed opportunities in “Austenland” are more numerous than dowry-less sourpusses at a ball in a Jane Austen novel. Which is a shame. While this chintzy-looking romantic comedy thinks just a few ...

PARK CITY, Utah Stephenie Meyer knows all about obsessive fans. So it makes sense that the "Twilight" author should produce a movie about a woman who takes another writer's work a little too much to ...

One of the earliest dramatic competition films to screen at Sundance this year, Jerusha’s Hess’ “Austenland” has finally landed with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, with Sony Pictures Classics ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PG-13. 97 minutes. At the Esquire. We have seen movie updates of Jane Austen novels before, acknowledged ones such as “Clueless,” and others that have worn ...

Female-only screenings and a "high tea" at Jane Seymour's house highlight a unique new marketing push for the romantic comedy; says SPC co-president Tom Bernard of men, "We just said 'Fine, it's not ...

“Make your fantasy a reality.” Has there ever been a more effective sales pitch? Of course, it’s a promise that’s rarely if ever what it’s cracked up to be. The new romantic comedy “Austenland” casts ...