Ioan Mentions

I enjoy this Moonacre mention, which was brought to my attention by Stevie @ IoanZone and posted by Sarah. 

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The movie Chiara wanted to see was sold out. I saw a poster with a unicorn and Horatio Hornblower (or the actor who played him, good enough, good enough) on it. 

This one, I said urgently. This one, this one, this one please! 

To this day, they have not quite forgiven me. 

The movie was The Secret of Moonacre, based (I understand very loosely) on the book The Little White Horse. I loved the movie, mostly because of how entirely bizarre it was. 
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http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/128732.html 

Also, I enjoyed this AG Mention. 

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Bill Moyers did a special on "Amazing Grace" that runs on PBS every so often. And the 2006 film Amazing Grace ain't bad and is well cast (Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Romula Garai and Michael Gambon, among others). Wilberforce's commitment to social justice is driven in part by his religious convictions, although some of his cohorts have different motivations. Seeing and hearing about the realities of the slave trade – especially handling the shackles and smelling the rankness of the ships – also has a strong impact on Wilberforce and those he tries to move. The film's particularly good at depicting the dangers for activists of burnout, and what friendship and community can do to alleviate those. The slave trade was very profitable, and that was the chief objection in Britain's parliament to ending it. The film also shows a very clever side maneuver for achieving abolition. 
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http://vagabondscholar.blogspot.com/2009/04/bring-your-own-god-or-none .html