Tag: Charlton Heston

• Classic Movie Review: The Big Country

  “The Big Country” works on so many levels. If you haven’t seen it, you must. Here’s why: William Wyler’s “The Big Country” is a magnificent and beautiful epic that breathtakingly sweeps through the open prairies of the west in the later half of the 19th century. Many have called “The Big Country” the “anti-western,” and…

  sassevn

  January 23, 2015

  Reviews

  Burl Ives, Charlton Heston, classic film reviews, Gregory Peck, Hollywood western films, the big country, western films, William Wyler

• The Perfect Easter Weekend Movie: Ben Hur

  If you are looking for a meaningful and extremely compelling epic story for the Easter weekend, you could do no better than to revisit one of the classic, historical epics of the golden age of Hollywood: Ben Hur. Ben Hur has become one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s story is timeless. Boyhood…

  sassevn

  April 19, 2014

  Reviews

  Ben Hur, Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Charlton Heston, easter movies, epic Hollywood movies

• El Cid: A Timely Hollywood Message for This Day and Age – Part I

  Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren in a three-hour epic against the breathtaking backdrops of the Spanish countryside. El Cid (1961) is one of Hollywood’s great epics which I finally just watched. (Here’s the IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054847/) It’s highly entertaining and intriguing. I highly recommend it. I’m not going to go into the detailed plot and pick…

  sassevn

  July 4, 2013

  Reviews, social critique, Uncategorized

  Charlton Heston, El Cid, epic movie, partisan politics, Sophia Loren, Spanish history