Reviews Too Late: The Eagle

I finally got around to seeing The Eagle, which was one of two films released in 2011 that dealt with the disappearance of Legio IX Hispania north of Hadrian's Wall sometime around 117 CE.  (I offer a brief review of the other film here.) Which just goes to show you that when it's Legio IX Hispania time in Hollywood, it's Legio IX Hispania wherever you look.This is by far the better film, in part because it's based on Rosemary Sutcliffe's The Eagle of the Ninth.   I read this classic YA when ...