Channing Tatum is in the upcoming movie “Eagle of the Ninth” is a piece on the coming film which makes the case for it as a movie for girls, with the “hunky” Channing Tatum. More about the film and the book on which it is based here on this blog.

Swords and sandals: A bid for box-office glory is an article in The Independent about forthcoming historical films, including The Eagle of the Ninth. ‘Swords and Sandals’ as a label for a genre of films which I have only recently come across. Perhaps it was only recently coined? It is the name of a popular series of computer games. More about the film and the book on which it is based here on this blog. And the obituary about Rosemary from The Independent here.

An American accent speaks volumes about these Romans at the far edge of empire was the headline of a Times article about the film of The Eagle of the Ninth this week which explores the modern parallels. (Shame they spelled Rosemary’s name wrong. Even bigger shame that they have not corrected it, despite my writing to them!). The article’s author writes:

The Romans’ attitudes (including Marcus played by American Channing Tatum) are contrasted with those of Esca, a Celtic slave, played by Jamie Bell, whose distance from his master is emphasised by his voice — Bell speaks in his native Teesside accent for the first time since Billy Elliot, his breakthrough movie.Read More »