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  • March 2008
    • 'Tudors': Flashy Fiction Is Far From Fact

      'Tudors': Flashy Fiction Is Far From Fact

      (Newser) - In the battle of fact versus flair, it’s pretty obvious which side “The Tudors” comes down on. Showtime’s steamy period soap opera, which premiers its second season tonight, trades a chubby, tight-wearing Henry VIII for slim, sexy Jonathan Rhys Meyers. “It’s sloppy filmmaking,” one historian tells ABC News. “Not one female costume in there is correct for the period. It’s so off the mark it’s laughable.” More »

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      history   Showtime   soap operas   sexy costumes   Jonathan Rhys Meyers   Anne Boleyn   Henry VIII

  • February 2008
    • Boleyn No History Lesson

      Boleyn No History Lesson

      (Newser) - The Other Boleyn Girl is anything but a dry history lesson about the 16th century, critics say—don't take it too seriously, and you'll be all right. It "probably shouldn't be the way in which high-school kids learn about Henry VIII and his court, but it's a fun movie," writes Bill Goodykoonts in the Arizona Republic . Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson star as Anne Boleyn and her sister Mary. More »

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      movie   movie review   England   history   Scarlett Johansson   Natalie Portman   Anne Boleyn   Henry VIII

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