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I caught Enchanted yesterday. Oh, it is such a gorgeous fuzzy feeling sort of movie. I went in thinking I’d hate the romance and cringe at some of the comedy, but I was completely won over by it. And a Disney Princess reading a book on powerful women (and learning something) - win! There really needs to be more movies like Enchanted.

Moving on from something Disney cute and sweet and onto something HBO violent and graphic, I’ve been watching Rome lately – at the urging of the parental unit who think it’s just wonderful – and I’m halfway through the first season. The shows interpretation of roman history is that it’s all pretty much the result of mummy issues (Julius Caesar’s screwing Brutus’s mother. Mark Anthony’s screwing Octavian’s) and buddy comedy with it being very much about the adventures of two mismatched friends in Caesar’s army. I have to say, it’s very good and I very much like Kevin McKidd as Lucius Vorenus. It’s actually got me scrambling for my old Roman History notes.

And Cicero is Mr Collins from the 95 P&P mini series. I wrote an essay on the Cicero once that Roman History paper and all I can say is Bwah!