It’s hard to know where to start in describing the pleasures of “Rome,” the engrossing historical chronicle that begins its second season at 8 p.m. Sunday on HBO. The sprawling cast, most of it from ...
In Niobe’s (Indira Varma) defense, she did think that her husband, Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd), was dead, but she still handled things in the worst way possible. Seeking solace in the arms of her ...
In his book “Mythologies,” the French theorist Roland Barthes turned his jaundiced gaze on, among other things, bad movie haircuts. In a chapter titled “The Romans in Films,” Barthes mocked the dos in ...
Season 2 of HBO’s “Rome” premieres tonight, and if I’d had history lessons like this, I wouldn’t have shown up to class drunk so often. The opener’s got all the intrigue, violence, drama and ...
Julio is a Senior Author for Collider. He studied History and International Relations at university, but found his calling in cultural journalism. When he isn't writing, Julio also teaches English at ...
AFTER a rather confusing few weeks that, for some reason, assumed British viewers were completely up to speed with their ancient history, by week four, Rome has settled into a decadent soap opera ...
The 12-episode first season of Rome further proves that HBO continues to produce the best dramatic series on cable television. As epic in scope as Gladiator or Ben-Hur, Rome never lets its feature ...
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