The Eagle is most enjoyable | Film review | The Observer newspaper’s Philip...
I always enjoy Philip French’s film reviews in The Observer, making new links for me which are rooted in his deep knowledge of the cinema. So I particularly enjoyed today’s review of The Eagle which...
View ArticleThe Eagle | Review in The Independent on Sunday
There have been a few films lately about Roman soldiers caught behind enemy lines in ancient Britain (Centurion, The Last Legion, King Arthur), but none of them comes close to Kevin Macdonald’s The...
View ArticleThe Eagle film, movie | Reviewed in The Telegraph
Rosemary Sutcliff’s novel The Eagle of the Ninth has been loved by the young and the young-at-heart since its publication in 1954. More thoughtful and certainly more historically informed than the...
View Article“Verily ’tis a hit”| BBC’s Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo review The Eagle
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo have a wonderful couple of hours every Friday afternoon on BBC Radio 5, talking about films. This week they ‘reviewed’ The Eagle film based on Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle...
View ArticleLa legión del águila | trailer español | Spanish trailer for The Eagle of the...
For those of you who are Spanish, speak Spanish, or maybe are learning it … there was an official trailer for The Eagle film (La legión del águila) dubbed in Spanish. But as a kind commenter has...
View ArticleRosemary Sutcliff book’s movie The Eagle of The Ninth DVD Release in US...
The DVD of The Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s bestselling historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth was released yesterday (21 June) in the USA. It comes out in the UK on July 25th. Anyone know...
View ArticleFrench poster for The Eagle of the Ninth film | L’Aigle de la Neuvieme Legion
I have just come across this reproduction of a french film poster: note how the French sensibly called the film The Eagle of the Ninth (in French!). They knew something that the US marketers did not!...
View ArticleRosemary Sutcliff The Eagle of the Ninth DVD release dates for 2011
These release dates for the DVD of The Eagle film by Kevin MacDonald, based on the historical novel for children and young adults The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, are provisional. The DVD...
View ArticleThe Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff history novel The Eagle of the Ninth |...
The Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth historical novel is still to be released in some countries later this year. (All dates, as always, provisional). Argentina: 29th September...
View ArticleThe Eagle film of The Eagle of the Ninth book resolves key mystery | Channing...
Over there in Scaremento USA someone likes The Eagle film / dvd , and in particular its resolution of what they consider a “key mystery” of “western civilisation”, which is not, as some might think,...
View ArticleBreast-beating romp, muscular battles, manly conflicts, meaty moral dilemmas...
Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth has long been a set text for boys of a certain age, and Kevin Macdonald’s sword-and-sandal-swinging screen adaptation The Eagle (2011, Universal, 12) doesn’t...
View ArticleNegromancer Review | The Eagle
The Eagle belongs to a sub-genre of the adventure and historical film genres that some critics, reviewers, and fans call “sword and sandal” (or “sword and shield” as Roger Ebert calls them). Troy, 300,...
View ArticleThe Eagle | Unlikely BAFTA nominee for labour of love of Rosemary Sutcliff...
Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth became The Eagle film earlier this year. Any chance of a BAFTA? One of the problems on the internet is knowing the authority of particular sites; but my...
View ArticleThe ‘Inside A Dog’ blog enthuses about old favourite Rosemary Sutcliff
Groucho Marx once said: ‘Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read!’. Hence one blog about books: Inside a Dog. The blog’s author recently caught up with...
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View ArticleAn auditor audits The Eagle film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel The...
The film The Eagle was recently shown on the Film 4 TV channel in the UK . There are many posts about the film – starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell, directed by Kevin MacDonald, and produced by...
View ArticleThe Eagle or The Eagle of the Ninth? | International titles of 2011 film of...
Recent showings on Film 4 in the UK of ‘The Eagle’ film, based on Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth, have reminded me of my frustration and disappointment that the film was...
View ArticleThe Eagle (of the Ninth) | A celts-and-centurions film?
There is a brief mention of The Eagle film from Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth in an article by Jonathan Romney about actor Tahar Rahim who played The Seal Prince. Strangest of all was the...
View ArticleL’Aigle de la Neuvième Légion, a TV en France aujourd’hui!
L’Aigle de la Neuvième Légion is the French film version of The Eagle film derived from Rosemary Sutcliff’s best-selling historical fiction book L’Aigle de la Neuvième Légion (The Eagle of the Ninth)....
View ArticleInformation on The Eagle film by Kevin Macdonald and Duncan Kenworthy of The...
Now that it is several years since the making of the film The Eagle (2011) of the historical novel The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) by Rosemary Sutcliff, Ipost here in a post some of the material I...
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