After the 11th September 2001 the War Against Terror is preparing to move on to Iraq. The UN have sent in the weapons inspectors to find if Saddam has indeed Weapons of Mass Destruction and the political machines in both the UK and US are working to present the strongest possible case for war in the face of (in the UK) very vocal opposition from the public. With the dossiers released and the threat established the "need for war" is set and, on the 19th March 2003, th find out more...
Franklin J. Schaffnerâ's ambitious costume drama set in 11th-century, stars Charlton Heston as Chrysagon de la Cruex, a Norman knight assigned to a remote garrison on the fringe of Europe. Weary of war and increasingly lonely, the Christian knight becomes enthralled with Bronwyn, a pagan beauty who seems remote from the barbarism of his own creed. The opening scenes, with their hauntingly atmospheric photography lend a sense of foreboding (think the original Wicker Man) to proceedings, find out more...