More news about Ridley Scott’s movie – Nottingham. In fact, it’s not longer called Nottingham but Robin Hood. This is not a rumor, Scott confirmed it some time ago when he also cleared out that Russell Crowe will not be both the Sheriff and our favorite outlaw.
Also, as we mentioned in our blog before, there was talk about who [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Rumors from Nottingham
Posted in Movies, News, R on February 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The Escape of Louis XVI
Posted in E, News, Series on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After The Assassination of Henri IV, it’s time again for another episode of the French series: “Ce jour là tout a changé” (The day that made History), this time with The Escape of Louis XVI.
The 21 June 1791, the King Louis XVI is arrested at Varennes with his queen, Marie-Antoinette, and their children. This movie will [...]
Australia
Posted in A, Movies, Reviews on February 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Australia’s story is told by a little aborigenal boy, Nullah (Brandon Walters) who explains how Lady Sarah Ashley, aka Mrs. Boss (Nicole Kidman) travels to Australia in the hope to convince her husband to sell their farm and return with him to England. When she arrives nothing is what expected and if in the beginning everything [...]
Marie Antoinette
Posted in M, Movies, Reviews on February 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you are expecting Marie Antoinette to be an accurate historical biopic about the tragic French queen, you’ll probably hate it. Quite effortless, you can find several mistakes where the life of the young woman is concerned, some anachronistic details can bother some and the music seems, at first, quite out of place for Versailles [...]
La Reine et le Cardinal
Posted in News, R on February 10, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Another historical TV movie – La Reine et le Cardinal – will be aired the 10 and 11 February at 2, the French public channel.
Louis XIII is dead. Anne of Austria is named Regent since her son Louis XIV is still a child. Immediately, many of her advisers tell her to get rid of the [...]
The Ruby in the Smoke
Posted in Movies, R, Reviews on February 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s not every day that we prefer a TV movie to it’s book but that certainly happened with The Ruby In The Smoke. An interesting mystery set in 19th century London filled with references to exotic places and enigmatic jewels not to mention visits to opium dens. This is the perfect young adult movie!
Sally Lockart, [...]
Trailer: The Young Victoria
Posted in Movies, Q, Trailer on February 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Finally, here it is The Young Victoria’s trailer:
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/
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