Showing posts with label Francis X. Bushman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francis X. Bushman. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 October 2019

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)



A Jewish prince seeks to find his family and revenge himself upon his childhood friend who had him wrongly imprisoned.

From memory: Arguably the best adaptation of the famous novel and one of the greatest epics of its time;  still quite awe-inspiring and exciting for a present-day audience.

Halliwell***: "The American silent screen's biggest epic; the sea battle and the chariot race are its most famous sequences."

Maltin***: "Biggest of all silent spectacles holds up quite well against talkie remake, particularly the exciting chariot race and sea batttle...; Novarro...and Bushman...give the performances of their careers."


Friday, 26 August 2016

The Phantom Planet (1961)



After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.

Risible sci-fi adventure, quite poor in all departments, doesn't achieve the quality of even the worst Star Trek episodes.

Maltin*1/2: "Fascinatingly terrible movie."