The Image of Ancient Rome in the Cinema
The ancestral memory of the Roman Empire has been the most persistent theme defining European civilization. From this vanished political entity of antiquity the modern divisions of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe have drawn much of their governmental, military, religious, and cultural heritage and practice.
Agora
Agora is a historical epic set in Roman Egypt and focusing on the life and death of Hypatia (d.415), a Greek scholar from Alexandria, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand premieres in the UK
Spartacus: Blood and Sand started off its run on British television last week by drawing record ratings for the Bravo channel. The premiere…
Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from…
First Trailer from the film Centurion
Centurion is an upcoming British historical thriller film, directed by Neil Marshall, about the legendary Ninth Legion marching north to wipe out the…
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightening Thief Synopsis Trouble prone Percy Jackson is having problems in high school – but that’s the…
Spartacus: Blood and Sand
“Betrayed by the Romans. Forced into slavery. Reborn as a Gladiator. The classic tale of the Republic
300
300 is a film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the…