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...Loach problem. He is a mild-mannered English leftist who has been for years making earnest, naturalistic, rather conventionally mounted studies about working-class topics that do not make the cinephile's aesthete spirit leap in anticipation. He's the kind of guy who turns down decorations from the Queen because he loathes the evil - or at least twitish - company he would have to keep on her honor's list. Put it simply: Almodovar...
...movie's major difference from the book is in its portrait of Leonidas' queen, Gorgo (who in Greek legend was also the daughter of the king's half-brother). Miller, mesmerized by battle and honor, had little interest in the queen; she appears in just a few panels. The movie, true to the actual Spartan tradition of emancipated womanhood, promotes Gorgo (played with a kind of stalwart sensuality by Headey) to a co-starring role, allowing her to take fatal revenge on a wicked politician who had sodomized her. In the book, Leonidas thought Sparta was always an ideal worth...
...were murdered by British intelligence. Three judges at London's High Court overturned a previous ruling by deputy royal coroner Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss in which she decided she would hear the case alone: "We quash the decisions to conduct the inquests as deputy coroner for the Queen's Household and without summoning a jury...
...once the home of the King's sister. Maurer's professional expertise, as well as the pristine environment, ensure that the food at the guesthouse will be among the freshest you've tasted. Vegetables are from the garden. The jams, honey and bread (apparently a favorite of the Queen Mother's) are homemade. The butter and cheese are produced on a farm down the hill...
...congratulate Helen Mirren, who won Best Actress for her portrayal of Elizabeth II in The Queen, the real Queen is expected...