Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "ancient greece"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "ancient greece".

The Trojan Women ** (1971, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Papas) – Classic Movie Review 11,273

Writer/ producer/ director Michael Cacoyannis’s 1971 drama The Trojan Women stars the formidable quartet of women, Katharine Hepburn, Geneviève Bujold, Vanessa Redgrave and Irene Papas. Top quality acting from the four remarkable actresses lifts a […]

Jun, 05

Hercules *** (1997, voices of Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, Susan Egan, James Woods) – Classic Movie Review 8182

Directors Ron Clements and John Musker’s prestigious and classy 1997 animated musical fantasy comedy Hercules is the 35th Disney animated feature film, loosely based on the legendary hero Hercules, the son of Zeus, in Greek […]

Feb, 28

Oedipus the King **** (1968, Christopher Plummer, Lilli Palmer, Orson Welles, Richard Johnson, Cyril Cusack, Roger Livesey, Donald Sutherland) – Classic Movie Review 3274

That great actor Christopher Plummer is stupendous as Oedipus in co-writer/director Philip Saville’s brave and imaginative attempt to film the classic Sophocles Greek tragic play. And Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer and Richard Johnson are marvellous also as the doomsayer […]

Jan, 16

Alexander ** (2004, Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto, Val Kilmer) – Bad Movie 3

Fortune normally favours the bold, maybe, but not here. Co-writer/director Oliver Stone’s 2004 classical adventure epic is certainly brave and ambitious but it is also turgid and laughable. An absurdly miscast Colin Farrell is too […]

Mar, 23

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.