Posts Tagged ‘burning-city’

Beowulf (2007)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Ray Winstone | Robin Wright Penn | Anthony Hopkins | John Bilezikjian | Brice Martin | Sonje Fortag | Sharisse Baker-Bernard | Charlotte Salt | Julene Renee | Greg Ellis | Rik Young | Sebastian Roché | Leslie Harter Zemeckis | John Malkovich | Woody Schultz
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
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The warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel who is terrorizing towns, and later, Grendel’s mother, who begins killing out of revenge.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War
Countries: France
Actors: Milla Jovovich | Dustin Hoffman | Faye Dunaway | John Malkovich | Tchéky Karyo | Pascal Greggory | Vincent Cassel | Richard Ridings | Desmond Harrington | Timothy West | Rab Affleck | Stéphane Algoud | Edwin Apps | David Bailie
Directors: Luc Besson
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In 1412, a young girl called Jeanne is born in Domrémy, France. The times are hard: The Hunderd Years war with England has been going on since 1337, English knights and soldiers roam the country. Jeanne develops into a very religious young woman, she confesses several times a day. At the age of 13, she has her first vision and finds a sword. When coming home with it, she finds the English leveling her home town. Years after that, in 1428, she knows her mission is to be ridding France of the English and so sets out to meet Charles, the Dauphin. In his desperate military situation, he welcomes all help and gives the maiden a chance to prove her divine mission. After the successful liberation of Orléans and Reims, the Dauphin can be crowned traditionally in the cathedral of Reims - and does not need her anymore, since his wishes are satisfied. Jeanne d’Arc gets set up in his trap and is imprisoned by the Burgundians. In a trial against her under English law, she can’t be forced to tell about her divine visions she has had continuously since childhood. Being condemned of witchcraft and being considered as relapsed heretic, she is sentenced to death. Jeanne d’Arc is burnt alive in the marketplace of Rouen on May 30th, 1431, at only 19 years of age.

Troy (2004)

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
Genres: Action | Drama | History | Romance
Countries: Malta | UK | USA
Actors: Julian Glover | Brian Cox | Nathan Jones | Adoni Maropis | Jacob Smith | Brad Pitt | John Shrapnel | Brendan Gleeson | Diane Kruger | Eric Bana | Orlando Bloom | Siri Svegler | Lucie Barat | Ken Bones | Manuel Cauchi
Directors: Wolfgang Petersen
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It is the year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age. Two emerging nations begin to clash after Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans. But they come to a stop by Hector, Prince of Troy. The whole movie shows their battle struggles, and the foreshadowing of fate in this remake by Wolfgang Petersen of Homer’s “The Iliad.”