Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
War and Peace (TV Mini-Series) (2007)- Dir. Robert Dornhelm, Brendan Donnison
Feat. Alexander Beyer, Clemence Poesy, Alessio Boni… - Extremely lavish – the most expensive mini–series produced in the EU – adaptation of Tolstoy's classic story of five aristocratic…
Warlords, The (Tau ming chong) (2007)- Dir. Peter Chan
Feat. Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro… - Spectacular, if now commonplace amongst a legion of Chinese historical epics, this tale of feuding warlords relays its angst, betrayal, and gory…
Goya's Ghosts (2006)- Dir. Milos Forman
Feat. Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, Stellan Skarsgard… - A lavish, if ill–designed costume epic based around Spanish artist Francisco Goya (Skarsgard), his closest acquaintances, and the eventful late…
Last Monk, The (2006)- Dir. Sudipto Sen, Abhinav Tiwari
Feat. Rachna Shah - Sumptuous Indian epic revealing the life of a newly married woman, whose journey into the Himalayas for research into Buddhism unearths in her a…
Beowulf and Grendel (2005)- Dir. Sturla Gunnarsson
Feat. Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgard, Sarah Polley - A rousing medieval adaptation of the Anglo–Saxon epic poem in sweeping fantasy tones. Filled with constant action in a strange, otherworldly…
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green… - Arch–epic of the 12th century crusades, this follows an honourable French blacksmith (Bloom) into the maelstrom of Jerusalem,…
MirrorMask (2005)
- Dir. Dave McKean
Feat. Gina McKee, Stephanie Leonidas - Inventive fantasy drama in which a teenage girl – born into a circus family – is traumatised by her mother's sudden illness and retreats…
Nomad - The Warrior (2005)- Dir. Sergei Bodrov, Ivan Passer
Feat. Kuno Becker, Mark Dacascos, Jason Scott Lee - Historical war epic set in Kazakhstan centred around the life of the prophesied warrior destined to unite the Kazakh peoples. With its awkwardly…
Promise, The (Wu ji) (2005)- Dir. Chen Kaige
Feat. Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang, Cecilia Cheung… - Visually exquisite, if utterly frivolous Golden Globe–nominated romantic epic from the director of FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE relays the story of…
Shinobi (2005)- Dir. Ten Shimoyama
Feat. Joe Odagiri, Yukie Nakama - Set in an ancient Japan complete with magical trappings, this action epic posits a forbidden love story between members (Odagiri and Nakama) of two…
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