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Jabberwocky **** (1977, Michael Palin, Max Wall, Harry H Corbett, John Le Mesurier, Deborah Fallender, Warren Mitchell, Rodney Bewes, Bernard Bresslaw, Gorden Kaye) – Classic Movie Review 3536

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s delicious 1977 fantasy adventure comedy proves ideal material for him, with its playful nods to Lewis Carroll’s nonsense poem Jabberwocky and a hint of Monty Python surreal lunacy. At the heart of its […]

Apr, 06

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life **** (1983, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 2984

Terry Jones again directs and stars in the slightly less brilliant fourth Monty Python movie Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life in 1983. And, rather than something completely different, it is of course again written […]

Oct, 16

Monty Python’s Life of Brian ***** (1979, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 2,983

Director Terry Jones’s daring 1979 Monty Python movie Monty Python’s Life of Brian is a controversial triumph and probably sees the Pythons at their peak. This inspired and iconic religious spoof is of course again […]

Oct, 16

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ***** (1975, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) – Classic Movie Review 2982

Directors Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones’s inspired and iconic 1975 Monty Python movie is their hilarious, nonsense version of the Arthurian legend. It is of course written by and stars Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, […]

Oct, 16

The Fisher King **** (1991, Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer) – Classic Movie Review 2876

Director Terry Gilliam’s truly appealing 1991 comedy fantasy drama is an impressively ambitious, deeply heart-tugging movie. Jeff Bridges stars as a mean-minded but popular radio DJ who falls apart as suicidally despondent after a mad […]

Sep, 03

Cry of the Banshee *** (1970, Vincent Price, Elisabeth Bergner, Hilary Dwyer, Hugh Griffith, Patrick Mower) – Classic Movie Review 2835

Vincent Price is back in Witchfinder General mode in 1970’s Cry of the Banshee, as a wicked magistrate hunting out witches. Vincent Price is back in the Witchfinder General-mode horror business in 1970’s Cry of […]

Aug, 22

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen **** (1988, John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, Robin Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2471

Co-writer/director Terry Gilliam’s dazzling and spectacular 1988 fantasy comedy adventure epic stars ideally cast theatre actor John Neville. He is on commanding form as Baron Munchausen, the 18th-century Prussian aristocrat who travels around the universe, enjoys wartime exploits […]

May, 11

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