Stories from Monday, August 20, 2007

The historical fantasy epic drama, 300, based on Frank Miller (Sin City) and Lynn Varley's graphic and fictionalized novel series about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. is hard to sum up. For those of you who are not familiar with the legendary battle, the movie centers around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and a band of 300 Spartan warriors, who must hold the pass at Thermopylae from King Xerxes and the enormous and savage Persian army determined on conquering Greece...