Month: March 2017
Noah – A Little Bit of This and That
OFFICIAL TRAILERS and POSTERS
Only One Crowe Movie Release This Month
On March 27th 2014, the Darren Aronofsky production Noah was released in the United States. The movie starred three Oscar winners: Russell Crowe in the titular role, Jennifer Connelly (Crowe’s A Beautiful Mind co-star) as Noah’s wife Naameh, and Sir Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) as Methuselah. The cast also included Harry Potter movie series and current Read More …
Fall of the Roman Empire – In Videos and Images (March 26th, 1964)
As I mentioned, since we’ve covered some of the background of The Fall of the Roman Empire in past posts, I thought it would be nice to celebrate its’ anniversary with videos and screenshots. Especially if you don’t have time to devote to a movie with a running time of 3 hours and 8 minutes. Read More …
Rise and Fall and Rise Again? (An Introduction – or Down the Rabbit Hole We Go)
As Sir Elton John (whose birthday was yesterday) might have sung ‘It’s a little bit funny…’ There is a bit of irony in the fact that March 25th 2001 celebrated the true return of the sword and sandal movie genre by giving Gladiator the Oscar for best picture and Russell Crowe the best actor Oscar Read More …
6 Natalia – Crowe’s Point
As Bud hurried along, he checked his watch. It wasn’t that he was afraid of being late so much as he was apprehensive about the date. He reached the hotel and saw Natalia sitting on a bench outside. She waved and smiled when she saw him approach. “You haven’t been Read More …
Happy Birthday to a C.B.E. and One Incredible Doctor!
First, turning 70 today is Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, of course better known as Elton John. And according to some sources, today is also the birthday of one Esteban Maturin y Domanova, better known as Doctor Stephen Maturin – physician, spy (at least in the O’Brian novels and briefly hinted at in the movie), Read More …
2001! Gladiator Wins Best Picture on This Date! Crowe Wins Best Actor!
“You know, when you grow up in the suburbs of Sydney or Auckland, or Newcastle like Ridley or Jamie Bell, or the suburbs of anywhere, you know, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable. But this moment is directly connected to those childhood imagining[s]. And for anybody who’s on the Read More …
On this day in 2001…
You can see the expression on his face. He did NOT expect to win! And no one came up and told him he had to give it back either! On this day in 2001, Russell Crowe – with his second Academy Award nomination – won best actor for his role as Maximus Decimus Meridias in Read More …