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Historical Film

Why not watch a great flick while learning a lil' something about the past? Here’s a list of historical movies deemed great by the Spout community. For the latest movie reviews, blogs, and discussions, just click the title of a film. It’ll also give you a chanc...
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Recent historical film blog posts

October (1927, USSR, Sergei Eisensti ...
By CinemaRian on CinemaRian Blog
" A strong contender for Sergei Eisenstien's best film, October 1917 is a masterful account of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Lenin to power. Created as a piece of political propaganda, the filmmaking is powerful that it transcends it ideas and becomes a marvelous film regardless of your political persusaion. What a stirring movie. Like Eisenstien's other silents, the m ... [More]"
The Mission (1986, USA, Roland Joffe ...
By CinemaRian on CinemaRian Blog
" The Mission mines of the same territory as Herzog's Aguirre: The Wrath of God. Both are about spiritual experiences by Europeans in South America, both center around protagonists who are fanatical in their quests, both feature stunning visuals. But Herzog's film connected with me on an emotional level that The Mission failed to do, and after while I became impatient with its en ... [More]"
5 Reasons Brad Pitt Should Play Thor
By SpoutBlog on SpoutBlog on spout.com
" It’s not always worthwhile to jump on rumors like this, but the idea that Brad Pitt could be cast as The Mighty Thor in Marvel’s upcoming movie adaptation (due June 4, 2010) is too good an idea to be left alone. The word comes from Latino Review that Marvel is simply tossing the actor’s name around, though apparently the role hasn’t even been suggested, let alone offered, to Pi ... [More]"
Abraham Lincoln (1930, USA, D.W. Gri ...
By CinemaRian on CinemaRian Blog
" Okay, let's get one thing out of the way at the beginning- this not one of the fifty worst films ever made. The two guys who said that were total losers. Another thing the movie definitely is not is anything approaching historically accurate. D.W. Griffith was known for his, uh, biased interpretation of history before in such films as The Birth of a Nation. That film would ... [More]"
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Recent historical film discussions

Top 5 Most Important American Films ...
In Top 5 last post by JimBell
"Not my favorite. Not the best...but...The MOST IMPORTANT and WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?Rules/Guidelines:YOU CAN'T GIVE MORE THAN 5. Five is the absolute limit.IMPORTANT means it had a profound impact on the film industry, on art, on so ... [More] "
Mel Gibson
In Dish Me Up Some last post by Risselada
"Person: Mel Gibson, Greatest Work: The Patriot, Braveheart, What Women Want, Lethal Weapon Quads, Conspiracy Theory, Apocolypto, The Passion of Christ, Ransom just to name a few, Gossip: Just wondering, for all you Mel Gibson fans ou ... [More] "
Hannibal Lecter vs Norman Bates
In HORROR MOVIES 101 last post by divinemsjunebug
"Who played the better 'Psycho' out of Anthony Hopkins or Anthony Perkins? Sir Anthony Hopkins has defined the character of 'Hannibal Lecter' for all of us... He is quite disturbing in that role, there is no doubt! ... [More] "
Where can you see these movies????
In Grand Rapids Trading Post last post by Jymkata
"I started this group because there is a large local connection on Spout of Grand Rapids, Michigan users. Even with DVD releases every week there are quite a few movies that remain unavailable to rent at GRPL, Netflix, or Blockbuster onl ... [More] "
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