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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.

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra sits atop a massive golden sphinx being pulled through Rome while thousands of extras watch1960s

Cleopatra (1963) Review

September 10, 2026

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…

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Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector and Steven Grant stand facing each other, one in shadow and one in light, reflecting the duality2020s

Moon Knight (2022) Review

September 10, 2026

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…

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Gerard Butler as Set, a nine-foot-tall Egyptian god with gold armor, standing in an ornate temple setting.2010s

Gods of Egypt (2016) Review

September 10, 2026

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…

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Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot stands on the deck of a paddle steamer, the Nile River and Egyptian landscape visible behind1970s

Death on the Nile (1978) Review

September 10, 2026

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…

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Chariots of the GodsAncient Egypt

Chariots of the Gods

September 7, 2026

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.

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The Mummy (2017) film poster2010s

The Mummy (2017)

May 18, 2026

2017 Alex Kurtzman action horror with Tom Cruise unleashing an ancient Egyptian princess. Universal's failed Dark Universe launch.

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