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Films

The 300 Spartans (1962)

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Lavinia

Rating: 6/10 After having recently finished Herodotus’ Histories, in which he describes the Battle of Thermopylae at length, we decided to watch The 300 Spartans,

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The Staircase (2004)

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Lavinia

As I’ve recently become very interested in true crime TV shows and films, Andy picked out this miniseries for me. It’s a documentary about the

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300 (2006)

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Dominic West, Lena Headey Rating: 6.5/10 300 was based on a comic book about the Battle of Thermopylae, so it was filmed very theatrically

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Gladiator (2000)

August 9, 2021August 10, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi Rating: 4.5/10 I’ve already seen this film once before and I honestly don’t know

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Films

Papillon (1973)

August 7, 2021August 11, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman Rating: 7.5/10 This film was about how a man called Henri “Papillon” Charriere (so nicknamed because of his butterfly tattoo)

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Films

Zodiac (2007)

August 5, 2021August 11, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal Rating: 6.5/10 I’ve been watching a lot of films about serial killers and crime investigations recently – I guess

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Films

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

July 25, 2021July 25, 2021 Lavinia

I think I’m going to find reviewing this film quite difficult because it was extremely confusing! I know that it’s very famous and is supposed

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Books

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

July 23, 2021September 15, 2022 Lavinia

This morning, I finished Ayn Rand’s philosophical fiction novel Atlas Shrugged! Only took me 17 weeks… Rand’s novel is set in America sometime in the

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Films

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Don Cheadle, Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix This film, about true events, focused on Paul Rusesabagina, a Rwandan hotel manager who took in over a

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Films

The Blind Side (2009)

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Lavinia

Starring: Sandra Bullock This film was a true story about Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron), a homeless African-American boy who was adopted by an upper-class family.

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Lavinia

Hi there! My name is Lavinia, I'm fifteen years old and am home educated. This is a blog of all the things I've been up to since I was five. I hope you enjoy it here! ❤

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