Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "renaissance"

Check out all of the posts tagged with "renaissance".

The Agony and the Ecstasy ** (1965, Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi) – Classic Movie Review 10,320

Carol Reed’s lavish, lovely looking 1965 biographical historical drama film The Agony and the Ecstasy is based on part of Irving Stone’s 1961 doorstopper novel, and stars Charlton Heston as Michelangelo and Rex Harrison as the […]

Sep, 18

1492: Conquest of Paradise ** (1992, Gérard Depardieu, Armand Assante, Sigourney Weaver) – Classic Movie Review 8355

Director Ridley Scott’s celebratory 1992 historical adventure film biopic 1492: Conquest of Paradise is a stodgily told account of Christopher Columbus’s voyages to America, with a dull central performance by a miscast Gérard Depardieu, struggling […]

Apr, 11

Revolt of the Mercenaries [La rivolta dei mercenari] ** (1961, Virginia Mayo, Conrado San Martín, Susana Canales) – Classic Movie Review 7937

Director Piero Costa’s 1964 Revolt of the Mercenaries [La Rivolta dei Mercenari] is a lurid and lusty if somewhat mediocre Italian swashbuckler, set during the Renaissance in Friuli, Venezia, in an Italy that was then […]

Dec, 23

Prince of Foxes **** (1949, Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Everett Sloane, Felix Aylmer, Katina Paxinou) – Classic Movie Review 2652

Both looking good, Tyrone Power and Orson Welles lock swords in director Henry King’s beautifully made 1949 swashbuckler, set in Renaissance Italy in 1500. Power stars as the dashing hero Andrea Orsini, supposedly an artistic […]

Jun, 27

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.