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That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] ** (1955, Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Françoise Rosay, Dennis Price) – Classic Movie Review 10,306

Director Terence Young’s 1955 British-Spanish historical adventure That Lady [La Princesa de Éboli] is an intriguing but largely disappointing Middle Ages costume-drama with Philip II (Paul Scofield), the King of Spain, abusing his position in […]

Sep, 14

Man of La Mancha * (1972, Peter O’Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews, John Castle, Brian Blessed, Ian Richardson, Julie Gregg, Rosalie Crutchley) – Classic Movie Review 8766

The all-time great hit Broadway musical play by Dale Wasserman about Don Quixote becomes an unhappy film musical in producer-director Arthur Hiller’s 1972 Man of La Mancha because it is miscast and misconceived and the […]

Jul, 27

Nostradamus *** (1994, Tchéky Karyo, F Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna, Anthony Higgins, Diana Quick, Michael Gough) – Classic Movie Review 8759

Director Roger Christian’s 1994 biographical drama Nostradamus tells the story of famed 16th-century doctor, physician, astrologer, prognosticator and visionary Nostradamus (Tchéky Karyo), who clashes with the authorities over the bloodletting treatment of the plague, which […]

Jul, 25

The Return of Martin Guerre [Le Retour de Martin Guerre] **** (1982, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Baye, Sylvie Meda) – Classic Movie Review 4985

Co-writer/ director Daniel Vigne’s highly popular and successful 1982 romantic crime drama, based on the novel by Janet Lewis, finds Gérard Depardieu at a career peak. Depardieu does well, taking on a for him unusual quiet dignity […]

Feb, 15

The Golem [Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam] ***** (1920, Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch) – Classic Movie Review 2909

Director Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s stylish, captivating and influential 1920 German silent version of the monster story is one of cinema’s great classics. Albert Steinruck stars as a rabbi, Der Rabbi Löw, who is building […]

Sep, 13

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