Citizen Kane continues to sit atop the lists of greatest movies ever made when that list is compiled by critics and/or filmmakers. When the list is created by moviegoers, not so much. While I admire Orson Welles’ debut masterpiece, not only do I disagree with its ultimate positioning atop these lists, but I would argue ...
Oscar-winner Charlton Heston died Saturday, April 5, 2008. According to the latest news from the L.A. Times, the world-renowned actor died at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 84 years old. From his early career to his later days, Heston has served as a lingering symbol of popular culture for many generations of movie-goers ...
Religion and Christianity were popular themes during the “Golden Age” of Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. During the first decade of the 21st Century the rise of quality Indy film producers have brought a revival of religious based movies. Here are ten of the best religious/Christian movies of all time. They represent a mix ...
With the powerful Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Anne Baxter, Vincent Price and Edward G. Robinson, the loved and hated characters of biblical times, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956) is by far the best historical movie in its class. This masterpiece boasts a dual protagonist approach with Yul Brynner as Rameses, the future pharaoh ...
El Cid, a film that was first released in 1961 and starred Charlton Heston in the title role, has recently been released on DVD, fully and gloriously restored. Though the film is over forty years old, it has some serendipitous references to our own time. El Cid is set in Spain of the 11th Century, ...
Charlton Heston has been similarly loved for his strong screen roles and despised for some of his personal political views throughout the years. He seemed created to play heroes and his brash, swaggering style brought him roles in some of Hollywood’s biggest epic films. He satisfied female fans by appearing in obligatory scenes in which ...
What do you think the future holds for mankind? Is your version anything like these? Planet of the Apes (1969) The future isn’t bright for the human race (or apes) in the Planet of the Ape series. Charlton Heston stars as an astronaut who finds himself hundreds of years in the future on a strange ...
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