Month: September 2011
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HBO’s Rome Series: Not your average sword-and-sandal trash
As a generally very picky person, there are very few TV series that I want to watch again and again and again. HBO’s Rome is definitely #1 on that list though – even above all my favourite non-classics related shows. It’s not for the violence and sex – if that’s what you’re looking for, I…
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Robin Hood (TV movie, 1991, Uma Thurman and Patrick Bergin)
I adore Robin Hood stories. Always have. When I was a kid I’d read any version I could get my hands on, and the Errol Flynn Robin Hood was one of my favourite movies. So when I found a Robin Hood movie I hadn’t seen yet, I was very excited. Sat down last night to…