While I've only had a very slight interest in new-to-me-TV recently (I think about 2/3-3/4 of my viewing the last month-and-a-half has been rewatching movies and BBC & ITV miniseries in my DVD collection) I apparently watched over 20 movies this month. Here are some of the ones I remember better:

The Advocate: This movie was so weird! Netflix ( Read more... )

Apparently Ridley Scott really wanted to make an actionmovie centering around the Magna Carta through the POV of modern U.S. democracy, and thought "Robin Hood" would sell better than something called "Magna Carta" or even "William Marshall" or whatever.  But at least they didn't forget that this Marian keeps a dagger under her skirt while they ( Read more... )

20 x Chuno
20 x Dae Jang Geum/Jewel of the Palace
40 x Hwang Jin Yi (tv series)
20 x Princess Returning Pearl
30 x Robin Hood 2010
30 x Rose of Versailles 
20 x Young Victoria


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New trailer for Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, which doesn't quite as strongly resemble "Gladiator in Sherwood Forest" but still has a lot of that feeling.

Looks a bit more promising, and I'm glad Marian gets to talk in this one, even if it isn't the most original line ever. (But fabulously delivered.) A couple comments ( Read more... )

So, a bit of boredom and some poking around youtube informs me that the Alice fandom has dubbed Alice/Hatter…Halice.

Better than Chair or Bluck, I suppose.

Speaking of Alice, the official trailer for Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is out. Johnny Depp has very scary makeup.

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It looks a lot like Looking Glass Wars to me, though I don’t think I’m ( Read more... )