Time for Dominic Cooper to step up the plate to be the leading man in a movie, and instead of choosing yet another of his nice romantic guys roles he elects to play one of the most horrible men of the last few decades Uday Hussein, son of the Iraqi dictator. And if that is … Continue reading
Hirut, a 14 year old Ethiopian girl, is walking home through the fields from the village school when she is suddenly surrounded by a group of horsemen who snatch her up and take her off. Tadele their leader intends to marry her, but first he imprisons the frightened young schoolgirl in his hut,, and beats … Continue reading
The failed marriage of John Ruskin one of England’s celebrated Art Critic was one of biggest sex scandals of the Victorian era. Although in this instance the public embarrassment was for a change actually about the lack of sex! Effie Gray his very young virgin bride took the unprecedented step of suing her husband for … Continue reading
Once all the gung-ho members of George W’s gun slinging gang of cronies decided to go to War in Iran on the most misguided of excuses they need a pretext to justify their actions. Scrabbling around to uncover any minute bit of evidence they seized on reports that Niger, an African nation, had sold uranium … Continue reading
When the French Peasants stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14th 1789, their Queen Marie-Antoinette was holding Court elsewhere in the country at the Palace in Versailles. This rather resplendent and engaging costume drama follows the doomed Dauphine’s next three days fuelled by courtier’s gossip as all their lives start to fall apart. The … Continue reading