Category: Charlton Heston

Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Julius Caesar’: Do Commoners or Kings Decide the Common Good?

May 2, 2023
Arts & CultureArts & TraditionBrightCharlton HestonFilm & TVJulius Caesar
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NR | 1 h 46 min | Drama | 1950 David Bradley is probably better known for having directed former First Lady Nancy Reagan in “Talk About a Stranger.” But he’s also the one who helped Hollywood discover Charlton Heston as a natural in the sword-and-sandal world of epics. Bradley doesn’t deviate from the overly…

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Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Ben Hur’: William Wyler Whips up a Spectacle

September 20, 2022
"Ben Hur"Arts & CultureBrightCharlton HestonFilm & TVLife & TraditionStephen BoydWilliam Wyler
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G | 3h 32min | Drama, Epic | 1959 Imagine you’re a 23-year-old Jewish assistant director and production manager to 51-year-old director Fred Niblo. The year is 1925. You’re in Rome, shooting an MGM epic about a Jewish prince, based on a screenplay by one of the most influential women in Hollywood at the time,…

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Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘Soylent Green’: A Warning Coming True

September 7, 2022
Arts & CultureBrightCharlton HestonEdward G. RobinsonFilm & TVRichard Fleischersoylent green
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PG | 1h 37min | Science Fiction, Thriller | 1973 Before he became a sci-fi writer, Harry Harrison was an illustrator for sci-fi comics. His most famous novel, “Make Room! Make Room!” (1966), was so visually compelling that filmmaker Richard Fleischer adapted it into the dystopian thriller, “Soylent Green” (1973), based on Stanley R. Greenberg’s…

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‘The Ten Commandments’: At the Top of His Game: Cecil B. DeMille’s Triumph

April 9, 2022
"The Ten Commandments"Arts & CultureBrightCecil B. DeMilleCharlton HestonFilm & TVLife & Tradition
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“The Ten Commandments” (1956) has kept several generations of kids glued to the TV around Passover and Easter time, but Cecil B. DeMille’s epic is rarely taken seriously. Seen on a small screen, faded, panned and scanned, interrupted by toothpaste commercials, it can look pretty corny. But a 2010 restoration revealed the film to be,…

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