Coco Avant Chanel (2009)

Anne Fontaine’s new film, a biopic about the great lady of fashion – Coco Chanel – is mostly about her earlier years before she reached fame and fortune. We mention some spoilers ahead, so if you don’t want to know about them before seeing the movie, don’t keep reading.
Gabrielle Chanel was abandoned by her father [...]

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Two favorite Spanish movies

 
El Rey Pasmado (The Dumbfounded King)
17th Century, Spain. While leaving the bed of the well known courtesan Marfisa, the young King Phillip IV (Gabino Diego) contemplates her body. It’s the first time he sees a naked woman. Completely dumbfounded, he then decides he must see also his queen in the same lack of attiring. Of [...]

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News: Centurion

Neil Marshall’s (Dog Soldiers, The Descent) new movie, Centurion, set during the Roman invasion of Britain in 117 AD, is based on the legend of the Ninth Legion, an army of 3000 unstoppable Roman warriors who are said to have vanished without a trace, although recent research has uncovered references to the whereabouts of at [...]

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News: Robin Hood…again

 
It has been announced Matthew Macfadyen will join the cast of Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood as the Sheriff of Nottingham. After some rumours that Crowe would play both Robin and the Sheriff they seem to have decided on a more traditional approach. We can´t help being curious about this all star cast and what will [...]

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First glimpse of Robin Hood

USA Today and Rope of Silicon published the first picture of Russell Crowe as Robin Hood.

What do you think of the new Robin? Good or not so good?

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Blog Awards

Today we want to acknowledge some awards that this blog has received.
 
It’s always rewarding to know that our work  is appreciated and both Janicu (we are terribly late in responding to this award) and Annie had really nice and kind things to say about us:
 
Janicu from Janicu’s Book Blog who gave us a I LOVE YOUR BLOG [...]

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Public Enemies

 

 
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/
Release dates: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152836/releaseinfo
 

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More about Robin Hood & Emma

William Hurt as William Marshal
It’s official, William Hurt joined the Robin Hood cast to play the famous medieval English knight, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke.  After Vanessa Redgrave accepting the role of the Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, this movie is certainly adding more and more talented actors to their already impressive team. 

(Romola Garai in Amazing Grace)
Curious about the [...]

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Mansfield Park adaptations

I thought I could start my participation in this blog with the review of the three adaptations made, until now, of “Mansfield Park”. I’ve read the book recently, wasn’t that pleased with it, I thought it to be quite different. Austen had already displeased me with “Emma”, but I gave the movie a chance and [...]

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Welcome Guest Blogger

After welcoming Zeek last year, we now have the pleasure of welcoming another guest reviewer. Whitelady, who is usually found at her own blogs Este Meu Cantinho and My Little Corner, has agreed to share with us and our readers some of her reviews on period dramas. We already took a peek at her first review, which [...]

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