SWORDS AND SAND(ALS)

SAMSON AND DELILAH (1996 TV)

Official Five Mile River Films site

The story of the Biblical couple Samson (Eric Thal) and Delilah (Elizabeth Hurley). Samson is a simple shepherd with Herculean strength fighting against the Philistines and General Tariq (Dennis Hopper). Delilah is a Philistine beauty torn between her love for the shepherd and loyalty to her people. ♥

Ladies, hold your breaths for THREE STARS:

* Eric Thal (b. 1965) as Samson

* Jonathan Rhys Meyers (b. 1977, "Alexander", "The Tudors") as young Samson

* The tall Italian actor Alessandro Gassman (b. 1965) in the role of Amrok

To get in the mood: Marian Anderson presents "Softly Awakes my Heart" from Saint-Saëns's grand opera Samson et Dalila:

SWORDS AND SAND(ALS)

ALEXANDER (2004)

Fortune favors the bold.

Official Warner Bros. site

Alexander, the King of Macedonia (Colin Farrell, "American Outlaws") and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world. With Angelina Jolie ("True Women", "Beowulf") as Alexander mother, Olympias, Rosario Dawson his wife, Roxane, and Jared Leto as his childhood friend and male erotic love interest, Hephaistion.

Ladies, hold your breaths for SIX STARS:

* Blond Colin Farrell (b. 1976)

* Disfigured Val Kilmer (b. 1959, "Willow", Billy the Kid", "Tombstone", "George and the Dragon") as Philip

* Long-haired Jared Leto (b. 1971, "My So-Called Life")

* Jonathan Rhys Meyers (b. 1977, "The Tudors", "The Governess", "Ride with the Devil", "Sampson and Delilah", "The Lion in Winter"), also sporting long mane, as Cassander

* Blond Neil Jackson (b. 1976) as Perdiccas

* The quintessential tall, dark and handsome Gary Stretch (b. 1968) as Cleitus