Posts tagged Ned Dennehy
Anonomyous – Movie Trailer
Oct 28th
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, Anonymous speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when scandalous political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles lusting for the power of the throne were brought to light in the most unlikely of places: the London stage.
Jane Eyre – Movie Trailer
Sep 9th
Raised by her aunt Sarah (Sally Hawkins) after her parents die of typhus, young Jane Eyre (Amelia Clarkson) is later shipped off to a stark boarding school as the result of her perceived insolence, and suffers greatly at the hands of the cold, unusually strict administration. Upon turning 18 and completing her education, Jane (Mia Wasikowska) finds work as a governess for Adle Varens (Romy Settbon Moore), the ward of Edward Fairfax Rochester (Michael Fassbender), master of Thornfield Hall. It doesn’t take long for the young Adle to warm to Jane, and upon returning home the charming Rochester, too, falls under the spell of his modest yet captivating governess. On what was supposed to be the happiest day of Jane’s life, however, a scandalous secret is revealed, and the emotionally shattered governess takes flight…
“Robin Hood” The Early Years
May 20th
The Early Years
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
ROBIN HOOD, the 2010 version starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett and directed by Ridley Scott, could well be the most historically accurate of all the poems, legends, songs, movies, and television shows that have been created about the legendary English outlaw who stole from the rich and gave to the poor.
This is ironic, of course, because there is no evidence that Robin Hood actually existed.
However, the secondary characters of King John, King Richard, and King Philip of France all certainly did exist, which makes the closing title that says the characters in the movie are fictitious and any resemblance to characters living or dead is coincidental all the more ironic, if not a blatant lie.
So, this version begins in 1199 A.D. in France, and we see King Richard the Lion Heart on his way back to England with his army after 10 years of fighting in the First Crusade.
For reasons that aren’t made clear unless we just assume that the English and the French hate each other, Richard says there is one more castle to sack and then it is home to England.
Spoiler Alert! King Richard dies in the attack, and one of the king’s prize archers is Robin Longstride, a natural leader of men, who was being punished for being too honest.
Robin encourages some men to head for the coast with him, but when they complain that they haven’t been paid, Robin tells them, “Try getting paid by a dead king.”
Then through a series of circumstances, Robin and his followers end up in possession of the king’s crown when the noblemen taking it back to England are killed, and Robin also takes the sword of Sir Robert Loxley, who was protecting the crown.
They travel to England posing as noblemen, return the crown to London with the news that King Richard is dead, and then return the sword to Sir Robert’s father and Marion, Sir Robert’s widow.
A traitor in King John’s court knows the truth, Robin is declared an outlaw, and after many fights that go on so long, they become boring, we see a title that says, “And So the Legend Begins.”
ROBIN HOOD should have been subtitled “The Early Years,” and we will have to wait for the sequel to get to the good stuff.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
