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Fiddlers Three ** (1944, Tommy Trinder, Frances Day, Sonnie Hale, Diana Decker) – Classic Movie Review 10,738

Director Harry Watt’s 1944 British black-and-white comedy with musical sections Fiddlers Three [While Nero Fiddled] is a cut-price version of the similar Eddie Cantor’s Roman Scandals with Tommy Trinder and Sonnie Hale as over-cheerful sailors […]

Jan, 02

Revolt of the Praetorians [La rivolta dei pretoriani] **(1964, Richard Harrison, Moira Orfei, Piero Lulli) – Classic Movie Review 7936

Handsome, muscular young American actor Richard Harrison stars as the centurion Valerius Rufus [Velerio Rufo], who commands the Imperial Praetorian Guard, in the 1964 Revolt of the Praetorians [La Rivolta dei Pretoriani], yet another exotic and entertaining […]

Dec, 22

The Revolt of the Slaves [La Rivolta degli Schiavi] ** (1960, Rhonda Fleming, Lang Jeffries, Darío Moreno, Ettore Manni, Gino Cervi, Fernando Rey, Serge Gainsbourg) – Classic Movie Review 7935

Rhonda Fleming stars as ancient Roman patrician’s daughter Fabiola, who falls for a handsome young Christian slave called Vibio (Lang Jeffries). Nevertheless, the fiery Fabiola has Vibio flogged for disobeying an order. Fleming and her […]

Dec, 22

The Fall of the Roman Empire **** (1964, Alec Guinness, Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland) – Classic Movie Review 6384

Director Anthony Mann’s vast 1964 Roman epic The Fall of the Roman Empire is, overall, hugely impressive, though it is a hit and miss affair in the casting department, but the hits include James Mason […]

Dec, 10

King Arthur *** (2004, Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Ioan Gruffudd, Joel Edgerton, Ray Winstone, Hugh Dancy) – Classic Movie Review 954

Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 movie stars Clive Owen, who looks glum as an Anglo-Roman Artorius (or King Arthur) in this entertainingly silly Hollywood attempt to prove that the legend actually happened – back in the Dark […]

Mar, 21

Gladiator ***** (2000, Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Connie Nielsen) – Classic Movie Review 166

Best-actor Academy Award winner Russell Crowe powers this brilliant five-Oscar-winning Roman epic, a real man’s man movie. Ridley Scott’s astounding gladiator movie won the 2001 Best Picture award at the Oscars. A glorious throwback to […]

Aug, 16

Cleopatra ***** (1963, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Robert Stephens) – Classic Film Review 37

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s 1963 epic film Cleopatra was more famous as a media event than a movie – it’s the moment when Elizabeth Taylor met Richard Burton, creating an unprecedented media storm that helped create […]

Jul, 09

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