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That great actor Christopher Plummer is stupendous as Oedipus in co-writer/director Philip Saville’s brave and imaginative attempt to film the classic Sophocles Greek tragic play. And Orson Welles, Lilli Palmer and Richard Johnson are marvellous also as the doomsayer […]
All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]
Director Robert Wise’s smooth and seamless classic 1963 chiller stars Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom, Russ Tamblyn and Julie Harris. In the famous story, four people stay over at an evil dark old New England mansion where […]
Jack Clayton’s 1964 film The Pumpkin Eater is British Sixties film-making perfection. It provides a superb showcase for Anne Bancroft, who won the Best Actress award at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA […]
Charlton Heston’s son Fraser Clarke Heston writes and directs a satisfyingly faithful, high-quality 1990 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s famous classic 1883 pirate adventure novel Treasure Island. Charlton Heston stars as Long John Silver, leader of […]
Director Simon West’s 2001 action adventure movie, based on the famous video game, sometimes struggles a bit but is always entertaining enough, though its most lasting legacy is that it turned Angelina Jolie into a […]
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