Articles tagged "charlton heston"

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An Auteur’s Touch of Evil

by Shaun Huston

[19.Mar.09] :. The auteur is dead, long live the auteur: Orson Welles and Touch of Evil, 50 years on.

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TV DVD Review

Studio One Anthology

by Matthew Sorrento

[22.Jan.09] :. Everything gold can stay: Studio One returns, on DVD.

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Column: Dread Reckoning

The Demise of Horror Culture?

by Marco Lanzagorta

[13.May.08] :. While the horror classics of 1968 may have indeed revitalized the genre, few today are aware of these movies' impact on the canon...if they acknowledge them at all.

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News

Charlton remembered as Hollywood pillar of conservatism

by Carrie Rickey [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[7.Apr.08] :. Charlton Heston, a larger-than-life man who portrayed larger-than-life men such as Moses and Michelangelo, died at his home in Los Angeles late Saturday night at the age of 83, his wife of 64 years...

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PopMatters Picks: The 50 DVDs Every Film Fan Should Own Feature

Part 2: The Changing Face of Filmmaking

by PopMatters Staff

[19.Jun.07] :. Every staid situation needs shaking up, none more so that the labored Hollywood studio system. The titles chosen for this section stand out as reasons why things had to change, the results of those seismic stylistic shifts.

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Film Feature

Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction

by Bill Gibron

[29.May.07] :. The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.

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The Ten Commandments (50th Anniversary Edition) (1956)

by John G. Nettles

[29.Mar.06] :. It is the role that would provide Charlton Heston with fame, fortune, and the authoritative persona he now uses to convince people that hunting squirrels with AK-47s is not just a right but a duty.

Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection (1968-1973)

by Whitney Strub

[27.Mar.06] :. Planet of the Apes: The Legacy Collection oscillates wildly between the delightful and the agonizing; but the rewards more than offset the pains.

The Naked Jungle (1954)

by David Sanjek

[13.Dec.04] :. What sets this Naked Jungle apart is a remarkably astute depiction of the collision of the sexes, in its addition of a mail order bride for the protagonist.

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

by Jesse Hassenger

[12.Apr.04] :. The circus crew is depicted as a cross between Santa's Workshop and the U.S. Army; they are impossibly virtuous, toiling endlessly for the delight of children.