‘This is Sparta!’: Discourse, Gender, and the Orient in Zack Snyder’s 300
In his controversial movie 300 (2006), based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel (1998), Zack Snyder tells the heroic story of the Spartan king Leonidas and his 300 men.
MOVIE REVIEW – Boudica: Warrior Queen
This is my review of Boudica: Warrior Queen starring Alex Kingston, Emily Blunt and Steve Waddington.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Last Legion
‘A city may be won by blood. It takes a man of vision to rule.’
MOVIE REVIEW: The Last Legion
‘A city may be won by blood. It takes a man of vision to rule.’
Movie Review: Pompeii
Not bad, but one won’t leave the cinema thinking they saw something fresh and innovative.
Movie Review: The Eagle
This movie could have been renamed: ‘G.I. Joe: The real Roman Hero’ because it was basically US marines dressed in Roman costume fighting badly dressed, made-up ‘savages’.
Movie Review: Agora
This film is a pleasant departure from most Ancient period movies that rely on an abundance of sex, muscles, swords and tacky bravado.
Movie Review: Centurion
It’s 117. A.D. and the Roman Frontier is plagued by Picts. After a 20 year stalemate, the Roman legions have been given the order to break it by any means possible.
This is Sparta?
Neither film, however, gives any real screen time, or indeed mention of, the social structure of ancient Sparta.
Cinema and the Fall of Rome
Ancient Rome even more than Greece has assumed a regular place in popular culture.