Category Archives: Period and Historical Movies

The Wolfman

Posted on March 31, 2011 by admin

The legend is alive. “Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright…” – Gypsy legend. In the 1930s and ’40s, … Continue reading →

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True Grit

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

Punishment comes one way or another. Charles Portis’ novel is about a 14-year-old girl who, along with an aging U.S. marshal and another lawman, tracks her father’s killer in hostile Indian territory. While the original film was a showcase for … Continue reading →

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The Tempest

Posted on March 30, 2011 by admin

In her big-screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s mystical thriller The Tempest, Academy Award-nominated Julie Taymor (Across the Universe, Frida, Titus) brings an original dynamic to the story by changing the gender of the sorcerer Prospero into the sorceress Prospera, portrayed by … Continue reading →

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Shutter Island

Posted on March 26, 2011 by admin

Somenone is missing. The year is 1954, at the height of the Cold War, when U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are summoned to Shutter Island to investigate the implausible disappearance of … Continue reading →

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The Runaways

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

Los Angeles 1975, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), two teenage valley girls with punk in their blood, meet and become the heart and soul of the seminal all girl band, The Runaways. Floria Sigismondi brings The … Continue reading →

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Robin Hood

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions. Robin Hood (Russell Crowe) chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard I’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels … Continue reading →

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The Nutcracker 3D

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

On Christmas night, Mary’s new friend, The Nutcracker or NC, comes to life and takes her on a wondrous journey into his magical world of fairies, sugarplums, and other Christmas toys which come to life. Mary soon realizes that this … Continue reading →

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Nowhere Boy

Posted on March 25, 2011 by admin

Imagine… John Lennon’s childhood. Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family full of secrets, two incredible women clash over John: Mimi, the buttoned-up Aunt who raised him, and Julia, the prodigal mother. … Continue reading →

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The Last Station

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

Countess Sofya, wife and muse to her husband Leo Tolstoy, suspects that his faithful disciple tricked him into signing a will leaving all his work and property to a Russian company. After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, … Continue reading →

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The King’s Speech

Posted on March 23, 2011 by admin

After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of Prince Edward VII’s (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George … Continue reading →

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