This take on the first-century Iceni heroine looks like a home movie, and Olga Kurylenko’s lack of majesty in the lead role doesn’t help
Boudica, the Iceni queen who led an insurrection against the Roman colonisers in first-century Britain, is one of the great feminist icons from ancient history, but there are surprisingly few cinematic representations of her.
There was a British TV show from 1978 called Warrior Queen that had the great Siân Phillips daubed in woad, a just-ok film from 2003 also called Warrior Queen that starred Alex Kingston, and a smattering of others in various languages, mostly for TV. And, of course, there’s the utterly iconic segment in Horrible Histories where Queen B (Martha Howe-Douglas) sings a grungy ditty about how her bloody campaign.. But all that still leaves room for a great feature film about the toughest, most heroic gal to come out of Norfolk,...
Boudica, the Iceni queen who led an insurrection against the Roman colonisers in first-century Britain, is one of the great feminist icons from ancient history, but there are surprisingly few cinematic representations of her.
There was a British TV show from 1978 called Warrior Queen that had the great Siân Phillips daubed in woad, a just-ok film from 2003 also called Warrior Queen that starred Alex Kingston, and a smattering of others in various languages, mostly for TV. And, of course, there’s the utterly iconic segment in Horrible Histories where Queen B (Martha Howe-Douglas) sings a grungy ditty about how her bloody campaign.. But all that still leaves room for a great feature film about the toughest, most heroic gal to come out of Norfolk,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Faith-based sales agent announces raft of deals.
Pure Flix / Quality Flix sales head Ron Gell has started talks with AFM 2020 Online buyers this week on a slate of rom-coms staring Kristy Swanson, Lee Majors, and Scott Baio.
The sales agency known for working on faith-based titles has also announced a raft of sales on the new films and other titles.
Courting Mom & Dad features Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Baio, John Farley, Vanessa Angel, and Bailey Baio.
The story centres on three children who seek the help of an eccentric personal injury attorney to delay the divorce of their parents.
Pure Flix / Quality Flix sales head Ron Gell has started talks with AFM 2020 Online buyers this week on a slate of rom-coms staring Kristy Swanson, Lee Majors, and Scott Baio.
The sales agency known for working on faith-based titles has also announced a raft of sales on the new films and other titles.
Courting Mom & Dad features Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Baio, John Farley, Vanessa Angel, and Bailey Baio.
The story centres on three children who seek the help of an eccentric personal injury attorney to delay the divorce of their parents.
- 11/10/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Saturday, May 14, marks the opening day of Creation Entertainment’s Weekend of Horrors. The weekend-long horror convention returns to Los Angeles at the Marriott Hotel Los Angeles Airport for two more days of terrific opportunities for genre fans to meet, greet and interact with their favorite actors and filmmakers. This year promises some truly exciting guests, including none other than iconic horror filmmaker John Carpenter (“Halloween”), longtime character actor Ernest Borgnine (“Marty”), actress Asia Argento (“Boarding Gate”), and one of Hitchcock’s most famous actresses,...
- 5/14/2011
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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