Cleopatra (1963) Review
Cleopatra (1963) rates 6 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. It was budgeted at around two million dollars and cost forty-four, was the highest grossing film of its year and still did not break even, and Fox sold off…
Tag: Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt has been a film set for a century, with accuracy somewhere near the bottom of the priorities. This tag collects reviews of films set in Egypt and the history they use, bend or invent.
2020sMoon Knight (2022) Review
Moon Knight (2022) rates 5 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Four episodes of the most distinctive television the franchise made, then two conventional ones. The asylum episode is the high point and the series never recovers from resolving…
2010sGods of Egypt (2016) Review
Gods of Egypt (2016) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A hundred and forty million dollars of genuine visual ambition attached to a script nobody appears to have argued with. Gerard Butler is the only person on…
1970sDeath on the Nile (1978) Review
Death on the Nile (1978) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Christie on a paddle steamer with a closed passenger list and a cast of stars. The correct way to film a detective novel, and the only…
Ancient EgyptChariots of the Gods
Richard reads the foundational ancient-astronaut text that launched a genre, and explains why it works so well despite being built on nothing. The real problem isn't the bad logic, it's the insulting premise underneath it all.
2010sThe Mummy (2017)
2017 Alex Kurtzman action horror with Tom Cruise unleashing an ancient Egyptian princess. Universal's failed Dark Universe launch.
Ancient EgyptThe Mummy Trilogy (1999-2008) Review
The Mummy trilogy is one of the most enjoyable adventure franchises of the late 1990s and 2000s and one of the more successful examples of what mainstream. Stephen Sommers wrote and directed the first two films.
AdaptationCleopatra (1934 / 1945 / 1963 / 1999 / 2023), Contrast Review
Cleopatra VII Philopator has been one of the most extensively dramatized historical figures in screen cinema history. The last active pharaoh of the Ptole.