The Mummy
1999, Rated PG-13, 124 min. Directed by Stephen Sommers. Starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde, Oded Fehr and Omid Djalili.
Thursday Matinee: Monster/Creature Month: The original The Mummy, directed in 1932 by Karl Freund, was not the start of the studio's most gripping franchise. This ambitious updating by Sommers (Deep Rising) makes amends for that by turning the franchise into an Indiana Jones-style period adventure piece. Read a full review of The Mummy.
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