Blue Paradise (1983)

Post by: monsterhunter on August 23rd, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Biblical Epic, Italian Cinema, Sleaze

Blue Paradise (1983)

And on the sixth day, God created Trash! And it was good. Especially his hair! That’s right Trashers, Mark Gregory hits the big screen yet again, this time portraying the greatest role of all time, the very first man! Well, after his role as Trash in Bronx Warriors, his role as Johnny Hondo in War Bus Commando, and his role as Thunder in all three Thunder films! Still, playing Adam looks damn good on his resume, too. It certainly plays to his strength of standing around with a stupefied look on his face. After all, everything is new to Adam, so when he acts like a confused five year old when Eve announces she’s making a baby, it’s completely believable! Read More »

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Demetrius And The Gladiators (1954)

Post by: monsterhunter on July 4th, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Biblical Epic, Classic, Drama, Sword and Sandal

Demetrius And The Gladiators (1954)

Nine months after Richard Burton was harassed into becoming a Christian by a red beach towel in The Robe, Hollywood decided it was time to take Jesus’ favorite outfit out of mothballs for another go around and sicced Demetrius And The Gladiators on us. Since this whole Christian thing worked out so well for Burton and co-star Jean Simmons (you might recall they ended up on the wrong end of the archery field at the end of the last episode), it was left to Victor Mature to run around squawking about this robe and how it can just butt out of his life when things get rough. Read More »

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The Robe (1953)

Post by: monsterhunter on July 4th, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Biblical Epic, Classic, Drama, Sword and Sandal

The Robe (1953)

This one basically boils down to a story of a boy and his blankie. Now, it’s a very important blankie, but still a blankie nonetheless. In this case the guy is Richard Burton and he develops a fetish for the robe that Jesus wore up on the cross. I’m a fairly strong Christian around Easter time and such, but I wasn’t really familiar with this story from the Good Book. They might have had to leave it out of the Classics Illustrated Bible that I regularly consult when I don’t like what my horoscope says, so my ignorance is really not only understandable, but probably expected. Read More »

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Barabbas (1962)

Post by: monsterhunter on May 10th, 2008 | File Under All Reviews, Biblical Epic, Classic, Drama, Sword and Sandal

Barabbas (1962)Two-time Academy Award winner Anthony Quinn barely registers here in this movie about the dude everyone picked over Jesus to be set free when it was time for the weekly crucifixions. Quinn has very little dialogue, very few scenes of dramatic impact and spends most of his time on the road to accepting the Christian faith, grunting and mumbling like he just woke up or something. Read More »

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