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The Last Temptation of Christ *** (1988, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey) – Classic Movie Review 7034

Director Martin Scorsese’s 1988 movie about the life of Jesus Christ is one of the most controversial films of the Eighties, and it is a daring, difficult and important work. It was greeted, expectedly, mainly […]

May, 10

Sign of the Pagan *** (1954, Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Rita Gam, Ludmilla Tchérina) – Classic Movie Review 3494

Director Douglas Sirk’s 1954 historical adventure epic stars Jack Palance, who cuts a memorable figure as Atilla the Hun, parading in breastplate armour and trying to obliterate Rome. But meanwhile Jeff Chandler is splendidly miscast […]

Mar, 23

Rasputin: The Mad Monk *** (1966, Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews, Renée Asherson, Dinsdale Landen, Suzan Farmer, Joss Ackland) – Classic Movie Review 2889

Director Don Sharp’s colourful and entertaining 1966 Hammer Films studios horror movie Rasputin: The Mad Monk finds Christopher Lee going bananas as the sinister mad monk Grigori Rasputin, who uses his hypnotic powers and sexuality […]

Sep, 07

The Last Days of Pompeii *** (1935, Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale) – Classic Movie Review 2620

Directors Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack’s 1935 movie turns out not to be a version of the credited Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel but rather a tale of a gentle, peace-loving Pompeii blacksmith Marcus […]

Jun, 20

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