I am enjoying the hell out of the Swedish movie/mini-series (not sure which) Arn the Knight Templar, based on a trilogy by Jan Guillou. Set in the 12th-century, our protagonist Arn is a son of a noble Swedish family who is punished for loving the wrong woman by being ordered to do penance and fight as a Knight Templar for 20 years before he can ( Read more... )

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When I was buying Pillars of the Earth on amazon, their 'if you like x, you will like y' feature led me to a Swedish miniseries Arn the Knight Templar which I simply had to get. Clearly, there is a small but existing 'Middle Ages as a setting' subgenre I've never come across much before and excitement at discovering various movie/mini things set in ( Read more... )

Les Miserables left me with a wicked crush on Eddie Redmayne, who I have never watched in anything before but who totally stole my heart as Marius. So I went looking for what else I could watch him in and discovered Pillars of the Earth (thanks, hope-fuleigh!!!!! You all are remiss for not mentioning it before because I don't even care who is in it - it's set ( Read more... )