Excalibur is not a thing, something you can hold in your hand.
Excalibur is the good in you.
The power to do good, to stand up for what's right, to slay dragons, to capture bank robbers.
You always carry Excalibur in your heart.


Robert Tinnell, Kids of the Round Table (1995)

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Remaking the Middle Ages--New from McFarland

I recently posted the details of Andrew B. R. Elliott's Remaking the Middle Ages: The Methods of Cinema and History in Portraying the Medieval World to the main society blog. The post can be accessed by clicking here.

A look at the index reveals that Elliott covers the following Arthurian films: Black Knight, Camelot, Dragonheart, Excalibur, First Knight, A Kid in King Arthur's Court, King Arthur, A Knight in Camelot, Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot and Guinevere, Lancelot du Lac, Merlin, Merlin: The Return, Perceval le Gallois, Prince Valiant, Quest for Camelot, Siege of the Saxons, The Sword in the Stone, The Sword of Lancelot, Sword of the Valiant, and Tristan + Isolde. Additional Arthurian films are noted in the filmography.

Michael

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Avalon High on iTunes

The recent telefilm Avalon High, which aired earlier this month on The Disney Channel, can now be downloaded from iTunes for $9.99. No official word yet on a DVD release or if/when it might be available for download on Amazon.com.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Early Avalon High Review

The following was posted on EW.com and featured in the 12 November 2010 edition of Entertainment Weekly:

Avalon High
Even by the standards of wholesome movies about teenage reincarnations of King Arthur's court, Avalon High is as silly as cutting down a tree with a herring. Nevertheless, Britt Robertson (Life Unexpected) is a capable lead and the New Zealand locales impress. B-— John Young

The telefilm airs Friday, 12 November, from 8-9:45 PM EST. 

Monday, November 1, 2010

Coming Soon to DVD: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) premieres on DVD and Blu-Ray on 30 November. Here is a selection of trailers and related videos from the official DisneyMovieTrailers Channel on YouTube.

The film features the quest for Merlin's successor in order to defeat Morgan le Fay once and for all.