Showing posts with label Epics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Epics. Show all posts
Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Khartoum. again.

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KHARTOUM , 1966. I had forgotten how good  KHARTOUM  is, directed by stalwart Basil Dearden, and 2nd Unit (presumably those battle scenes...
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Thursday, 9 March 2017

The Greatest Story Ever Told

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This 1965 epic biblical is oddly fascinating now, I like it a lot, not having seen it for decades, but its getting screenings on our Sky ...
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Monday, 20 February 2017

12 Spectacular films

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I had this large format spiral bound book " SPECTACULAR! The Story of Epic Film s" by John Cary and John Kobal, in 1974, but so...
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Saturday, 24 September 2016

Guy & Kerwin, a few movie choices ....

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My friend Martin has caught up with THE GARMENT JUNGLE , a 1957 thriller with Kerwin Matthews and the lovely Gia Scala. He likes Guy Madiso...
Sunday, 21 August 2016

Summer re-vews: favourite Spartacus moments

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Though I have the dvd and have seen it several times, it was on television again (with no commercials) so it seemed a good idea to record i...
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Saturday, 13 August 2016

Summer re-reads: Pompeii by Robert Harris

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An unputownable re-read is this 2005 novel by Robert Harris. I liked it even more this time around, apart from one strand of the narrativ...
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Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Cleopatra out-takes ...

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Elizabeth Taylor and veteran actor Finlay Currie on the set of CLEOPATRA . But Finlay wasn't in CLEOPATRA you say - quite right, his...
Sunday, 3 April 2016

Peplum veterans

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Let's praise some of our peplum/epic favourite actors, great dependables who always 'add value' and make their scenes come aliv...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016

Belinda as Aphrodite

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One of our favourite sites is the great PEPLUM  ( www.peplumtv.com ) where I found this full-version of the 1957 APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOV...
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Monday, 7 March 2016

Cleo & Alex revisited

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I always enjoy settling down to watch CLEOPATRA again - particularly if recording it from widescreen HD television, so one can zip past an...
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Friday, 22 January 2016

Fabiola, 1949

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Sticking with vintage epics & peplums (see the 1925 BEN-HUR below), the 1949 Italian FABIOLA may well be the first of those costume...
Thursday, 21 January 2016

Ben-Hur, 1925

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Finally, I have put on that 1925 silent version of BEN-HUR , which was included in that 3-disk dvd pack on the 1959 film some years ago, an...
Wednesday, 16 December 2015

Once more: The Leopard, 1963

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We have blogged about Visconti's THE LEOPARD from 1963 a lot here, check label - I had another look at it, it is even more staggerin...

2001 time again ...

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Its on television again tonight - 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY : I can't wait, despite having the Blu-ray and seen it so many times since that ...