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The Mark of Zorro **** (1974, Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland) – Classic Movie Review 2315

Director Don McDougall 1974 adventure is a strongly and ideally cast TV movie remake, with proper displays of athleticism and acting prowess from Frank Langella (as the swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega and […]

Mar, 27

Lolita *** (1997, Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella) – Classic Movie Review 2235

Director Adrian Lyne remakes Stanley Kubrick’s ground-breaking 1962 film of Vladimir Nabokov’s famous controversial tale of an older man’s obsession for an adolescent girl in 1997. Jeremy Irons is perfectly cast and at his very best as […]

Mar, 04

Dracula **** (1979, Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Kate Nelligan) – Classic Movie Review 1729

‘It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion.’ Director John Badham’s richly enjoyable 1979 horror movie is a lavish, beautiful […]

Oct, 02

Superman Returns ** (2006, Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Sam Huntington, Parker Posey, Eva Marie Saint) – Classic Movie Review 1433

Co-producer/director Bryan Singer dropped out of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) for the chance to make the 2006 Superman reboot, but this proves a bad idea as the movie is a lacklustre disappointment. In the story, […]

Jul, 16

Sphinx ** (1981, Lesley-Anne Down, Frank Langella, John Gielgud) – So Bad It’s Good Movie 13

Lesley-Anne Down enjoys a huge but ill-starred star role as the resolute archaeologist Erica Baron in the infamous 1981 so-bad-it’s-good movie Sphinx. Lesley-Anne Down enjoys a huge but ill-starred star role in the infamous 1981 […]

Jun, 05

Grace of Monaco ** (2014, Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth) – Movie Review

Grace of Monaco is not devoid of interest but it is a drab mess, with an oddly blank Nicole Kidman and a weirdly brooding Tim Roth both hopelessly miscast both as physical and character types as […]

Jun, 05

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