With today’s eyes this version of the Battle of Thermopylae serves only ‘Sword and Sandal’ genre enthusiasts (although this one was Gree...

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Its excellence in spectacle cinema notwithstanding, as long as the Middle East is in conflict, Lawrence of Arabia will be a relevant and tim...

The Ten Commandments (1956) dir. Cecil B. DeMille Starring: Charlton Heston, Yul Bynner, Edward G. Robinson, Anne Baxter, John Derek *** ...

King of Kings (1961) dir. Nicholas Ray Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhán McKenna, Robert Ryan **1/2 By Alan Bacchus It’s almost Spr...

Hamlet (1996) dir. Kenneth Branagh Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christie **** by Alan Bacchus One of my mos...

Centurion (2010) dir. Neil Marshall Starring: Michael Fassbender, Dominic West and Olga Kurylenko ** By Greg Klymkiw Neil Marshall is one te...

Gangs of New York (2008) dir. Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo Di Caprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Liam Neeson ***1/2 By Alan Bacch...

The Claim (2000) dir. Michael Winterbottom Starring: Peter Mullan, Sarah Polley, Mila Jovovich, Wes Bentley, Julian Richings, Natasha Kinski...

How The West Was Won (1962) dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall Starring: Carroll Baker, Walter Brennan, Lee J. Cobb, Andy Devin...

Doctor Zhivago (1965) dir. David Lean Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger, Tom Courtney **** By Alan Bacchus I...

El Cid (1961) dir. Anthony Mann Starring: Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren ***1/2 By Alan Bacchus “El Cid” was made at the height of the epic-p...

The Guns of Navarone (1961) dir. J. Lee Thompson Starring: Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker, James Da...

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) dir. Peter Jackson Starring: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortonsen, Ian McKellan, Sean Astin, C...

Ran (1985) dir. Akira Kurosawa Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû, Mieko Harada ***1/2 By Alan Bacchus The ...

2012 (2009) dir. Roland Emmerich Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson *1/2 By Alan Bacchus...

Spartacus (1960) dir Stanley Kubrick Starring: Kirk Douglas, Lawrence Olivier, Peter Ustinov, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Charles Laughton *...

Gone With the Wind (1939) dir. Victor Fleming Starring: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Hattie McDaniel, Leslie Howard, Olivia De Havilland ****...

Anna Karenina (2009) dir. Sergei Solovyov Starring: Tatyana Drubich, Oleg Yankovskiy and Yaroslav Boyko **1/2 By Greg Klymkiw Hailed as one ...