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Kirsten Dunst stars as Marie Antoinette in writer/director Sofia Coppola’s fresh adaptation and contemporary look at one of the most infamous 18th Century historical figures, Queen of France, beginning with her arranged marriage to Louis XVI and ending when she is forced out of Versailles. Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst best known for co-starring with Tobey Maguire in the “Spider-Man” movies) without guidance in a dangerous world, rebels against the isolated atmosphere of Versailles and becomes France’s most misunderstood monarch.

In the Columbia Pictures movie is based on the 2002 biography by Antonia Fraser and opens nationwide October 20. Although several films have been shot in Versailles, Sofia Coppola was given the run of the place during the movie’s two-month shoot in France. She was presented with giant iron keys that allowed her access to the most off-limits rooms, like Marie’s bedroom and the legendary Hall of Mirrors.
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Are you sure you have a hint as to what you are about to see? United 93 is an outstanding movie especially because the subject upon which it is based is intense. The film is a documentary style drama based on the events that took place aboard the fourth airliner hijacked by terrorists on September 11, 2001 ending in the crash into a Pennsylvania field. 93 minutes of realtime experience in which 40 passengers stood up as one in front of horrific fear and certain death. The movie gets my appreciation of how terror was transformed into courage, because of family members, telephone operators and that cellphone calls to loved ones all made us aware, through writer/Director Paul Greengrass, that they knew two other planes controlled by terrorist had struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

United 93 is a movie in which the emotional impact of human beings fighting for their lives is very strong and is twice more believable because was screened and approved by surviving family members of the passengers aboard flight 93.

September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Historical
Director: Paul Greengrass
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lloyd Levin
Distributor: Universal Pictures

Score: 5 / 5

According to Variety, Antonio Banderas will star in Conquistador, a historical epic which follows the exploits of 16th century explorer Hernan Cortes. Written by Nicholas Kazan (Reversal of Fortune), the movie will be directed by Andrucha Waddington and the shooting will begin in September in Spain, Mexico and South America. The movie’s budget is said to be close to $40 million, the highest ever for a Spanish-language film.

Conquistador tells the story of the expedition that sailed west from Cuba in 1519 in hopes of expanding the Spanish Empire. Cortes and his band of soldiers came upon what is now Mexico and swiftly brought about the destruction of the Aztec empire led by Moctezuma.