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Solomon Northup has just become an iconic American hero, some fifteen and a half decades after he lived. Americans from this day forth will know his name like they know Patrick Henry’s or Harriet Tubman’s.

That’s not all. The mov…

Ridley Scott’s big budget film about the famous Christopher Columbus was entertaining, but not as gripping as you’d expect from the 40M investment. The scenes, costumes, etc. were all very well done – but the movie suffers from being overly dramatic and one grows weary after an hour or so. Also…

Highly stylized though affecting movie brings a comik sensibility to an ancient battle. I ended up liking it more than I thought I would, since King Leonidas makes a great hero and his wife a worthy Queen.

A Royal Affair is truly regal, with a King, his Queen, their courtiers, grand councils and balls in castles.

• Infidelity so grand – so right – it was ultimately forgiven by the cuckold King of Denmark.
• History made, the Enlightenment brought to the Danes and their colony of Norway.
• Roma…