Movies that made going to the movies suck #26: GLADIATOR

Hi everyone!  Another blog event is upon us movie bloggers. Mike at You Talking To Me? Blog is compiling a list of influential movies that in its wake brings about other movies trying to capitalize on its success. So the list is basically about the great movies the were trailed by a bunch of pretty …

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Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: CENTURION

I'm all for swords & sandals flicks, so naturally I'm intrigued by this Roman empire feature Centurion when I first read about it in Empire a couple of months ago. The fact that it stars one of my top ten actors to watch Michael Fassbender doesn't hurt, either. I first noticed the rising German/Irish star …

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Hollywood’s love affair with ‘swords & sandals’ flix

Clash of the Titans Remake – thrusting into theaters March 2010 I came across a pic of Gladiator-like Perseus wielding his sword the other day, and it piqued my interest. My hubby Ivan's a big fan of the original movie with Harry Hamlin, which basically tells the classic Greek mythology of the hero Perseus who …

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