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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

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor *** (2008, Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford) – Classic Movie Review 1121

Brendan Fraser is back in 2008 as dashing adventurer Rick O’Connell, in this belated, not quite so good second sequel, desperately missing Rachel Weisz, who alas refused to reprise her role as Evy. The film […]

Apr, 20

The Mummy **** (1959, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux) – Classic Movie Review 499

‘Torn from the tomb to terrify the world!’ The 1959 British horror film The Mummy stars Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, along with Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer, Raymond Huntley and George Pastell. It […]

Dec, 11

The Mummy ***** (1999, Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr) – Classic Movie Review 100

Finally, thanks to the late-Nineties new CGI effects, the cinema found a way of making The Mummy both thrilling and exciting as well as fast and scary, and not just an old geezer wrapped in […]

Jul, 28

The Mummy **** (1932, Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan) – Classic Movie Review 99

Boris Karloff is on fine menacing form, swearing destruction as Imhotep (‘Kheb, khebet…’), in The Mummy (1933). Ironically in real life Imhotep’s name meant ‘He who comes in peace is with peace’. ‘Kheb, khebet…’ – […]

Jul, 28

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