Category: Directed by Richard Lester
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All-star adaptation relies almost as heavily on laughs as on action, with Michael York’s D’Artagnan simultaneously gymnastic and clumsy in his sword fights; he’s just come to Paris to become a Musketeer and, while delayed from that goal, finds camaraderie with all-ready Musketeers Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, and Frank Finlay; he also finds romance with…
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Superman III–deservedly–gets a lot of flak, but it’s actually the most faithful to the comics in a lot of ways. It plays out like a late sixties, early seventies Superman comic–“The Man Who Killed Superman,” turning out to be a bumbling, generally well-meaning guy like Richard Pryor, or “Superman Versus the Ultimate Computer.” Superman III…
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First SUPERMAN sequel (much of it filmed back-to-back with the original) has Terence Stamp leading a trio of supervillains on a worldwide takeover (aided by Lex Luthor Gene Hackman) while Superman and Lois Lane are busy having an ill-advised and ill-plotted (if singular) romance. Great performances from Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve. Sometimes excellent, sometimes…
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I read about the Superman II restored international cut (RIC)–a fan effort to compile all the extra Superman II footage from various television prints, mostly from foreign markets–in Entertainment Weekly. It said to head over to Superman Cinema to get a free copy, just so long as you provide free copies. By that time, however,…
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