Being released today in theatres in North America, as well as on Video-on-Demand, Outcast is set in medieval China and stars Nicholas Cage and Hayden Christensen.
Come Back Home released today
January 22, 2015 By
If you are looking to watch a new medieval movie, Come Back Home, which was released today on Youtube, is well worth a look. The 15-minute short film tells the story of a family having to deal with going to war in fourteenth-century Scotland.
Movie Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
December 18, 2014 By
That was one long battle scene – however, The Hobbit trilogy ends with a relatively good movie.
Medievalisms and Others: Exploring Knights and Vikings at the Movies
December 7, 2014 By
This thesis deals with medievalism within medieval cinema and how certain social groups are represented within these cultural productions.
The Viking (1928): ‘where Norse maids wear rather short skirts and cute winged metal helmets’
November 30, 2014 By
For its corny helmet and scantily clad damsels in distress with matching horns or wings, it asks the right question humanity has been asking from the beginning.
High-Tech Feudalism: Warrior Culture and Science Fiction TV
November 9, 2014 By
“Richard ΠΙ with aliens” is how Cornell (102) describes “Sins of the Father,” an episode of Star Trek: TheNext Generation (hereafter TNG) in which the Klingon warrior Worf, son of Mogh, seeks to restore his family’s honour by exposing and challenging those responsible for falsely accusing his dead father of treason to the Klingon Empire.
The Hero’s Journey: Beowulf, Film, and Masculinity
November 2, 2014 By
Beowulf is one of many examples of a story that employs the rhetoric of the hero. The plight of the main character Beowulf is the focus of the tale, and the tasks that he must overcome throughout the course of the poem provide insight into the development of the character of the hero.
Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England
November 2, 2014 By
This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.
MOVIE REVIEW – Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
September 27, 2014 By
Your Saturday night Medieval Movie – this time, I review Dungeons & Dragons: The Wrath of the Dragon God.
CONFERENCE: The Historical Novel Society – London 2014
September 19, 2014 By
My review of the recent Historical Novel Society conference that took place in London, England.
Not Dead Yet: Monty Python and the Holy Grail in the Twenty-first Century
September 13, 2014 By
The destruction of film tradition, if not film as a medium, begins in Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the famous mobile credits.
The Princess Bride
September 12, 2014 By
Not quite medieval, but too great not to include, we take a look at the 1987 film The Princess Bride, starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright and Mandy Patinkin.
Grainne Uaile: The Movie
September 10, 2014 By
An up and coming movie about Grace O’ Malley (Grainne Uaile), Ireland’s famous female pirate!
What Braveheart did for Scottish Independence
August 20, 2014 By
Twenty years ago support for Scottish independence was confined to a small minority – but the release of the film Braveheart in the spring of 1995 changed their fortunes.
Dreaming the Middle Ages: American Neomedievalism in A Knight’s Tale and Timeline
August 2, 2014 By
This study will offer two Hollywood productions, A Knight’s Tale and Timeline, as visual representations that illustrate the reasons behind what may be called American Neomedievalism.
The American Dark Ages and the Terrorist Witch in Season of the Witch
July 21, 2014 By
In this article we argue that medieval films are not to be analyzed according to their faithfulness to the known historical sources, but that they can only be fully analyzed by understanding medievalist codes, traditions and (filmic) intertextuality.
Making Sacrifices: Beowulf and Film
July 21, 2014 By
This essay reviews opening scenes in some recent film Beowulfs, which, although they have nothing at all to say about Scyld Scefing, suggest a sacrificial reading of the prologue and perhaps even the whole poem.
One of the worst movies ever made: The Conqueror (1956)
July 11, 2014 By
‘Say, you’re beautiful in your wrath.’ – John Wayne as Temujin
Viking Human Sacrifices: Hollywood vs Reality
July 6, 2014 By
In his article, ‘Plastic Pagans: Viking Human Sacrifice in Film and Television’, Harry Brown notes a very key difference between how it is being portrayed and how it was in reality.
Medieval Movie Review: The Physician
June 21, 2014 By
It’s a brilliant film and one well worth your medieval Saturday night in!
Merovingian Movies Mania, Part 3: The Good King Dabogert 1984 or why remakes are never as good as the original
June 16, 2014 By
It took 6 hours including breaks when a miffed TS Morangles almost slammed the key-board to complete watching this atrocity.
Which Hero Are You From the Movie The Princess Bride?
June 12, 2014 By
Do you have the right personality to say ‘Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father! Prepare to die!’
MOVIE REVIEW: Flesh and Blood
June 7, 2014 By
My review of the late medieval movie, Flesh and Blood.
MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord
May 28, 2014 By
MOVIE REVIEW: Barbarossa – Siege Lord “I order Milan to be raised to the ground. None of its towers will ever be standing. I also order all the Milanese to leave the city before sunset, in all different directions so that no one will be able to call themselves Milanese and the name “milan” will […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘A Knight’s Tale’
May 19, 2014 By
Staying home on a Sunday night? Looking for a fun medieval movie to watch? Here is my review of ‘A Knight’s Tale’ for your Sunday night selection!
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