Archive for the ‘Period Films’ Category

Your Highness

Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil. But behind many a hero is a good-for-nothing younger brother trying just to stay out of the way of those dragons, evil and trouble in general. Danny McBride and James Franco team up [...]

November 26, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: 2011 Movies, Action and Adventure, April 2011, Comedy Films, Period Films  No Comments

The Eagle

A Roman epic adventure, based on the classic novel of the same name, set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (played by Channing Tatum of “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” [...]

November 26, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: 2011 Movies, Action and Adventure, February 2011, Period Films  No Comments

Nowhere Boy

“Nowhere Boy” tells the never before seen story of John Lennon’s (Johnson) childhood. John Lennon is an ordinary fifteen year old boy on the streets of Liverpool. Funny, smart, naughty, a real edge to him. But life is not simple for John – he grew up in a family of secrets and was raised by his Aunt Mimi from the age of five.

August 13, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Drama Movies, October 2010, Period Films  No Comments

Secretariat

Chenery was a mother and housewife who knew little about horses when she was pressed to take over her ailing father’s horse farm in Virginia. Though Secretariat came along and began to take shape as a potential champion, Chenery was pressured to sell the farm after her father died and she was hit with a multimillion-dollar inheritance tax.

August 13, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Drama Movies, October 2010, Period Films  No Comments

Valhalla Rising

A man with a remarkable talent for violence must fight to survive when he sets out on an extraordinary journey in this fantasy from director Nicolas Winding Refn. One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) is the nickname given to a nameless, mute warrior who has become a slave to Barde (Alexander Morton), a wealthy Scotsman who obtained [...]

July 12, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: July 2010, Period Films  No Comments

Centurion

AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts. Quintus, sole survivor of [...]

June 28, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Action and Adventure, August 2010, Period Films  No Comments

Robin Hood: Legendary figure known by generations

Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure known by generations as “Robin Hood,” whose exploits have endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. In 13th century England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local village and lead an [...]

May 14, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Action and Adventure, May 2010, Movie Releases, Period Films  No Comments

Agora: Alexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The world changed forever

4th century A.D. Egypt under the Roman Empire… Violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the city’s famous Library. Trapped inside its walls, the brilliant stronomer Hypatia and her disciples fight to save the wisdom of the Ancient World… Among them, the two men competing for her heart: the witty, privileged [...]

May 7, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: May 2010, Movie Releases, Period Films  No Comments