Nostradamus
Directed by Roger Christian, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Tcheky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Julia Ormond, Assumpta Serna.

This bio-pic, set in 16th-century Europe, depicts the life and times of the famed physician and prognositicator Nostradamus. His adherents claim his predictions included the JFK assassination, both world wars, AIDS, moon landings, and more. You’ve got to wonder if he ever foresaw his life re-enacted on the silver screen. Yet you have to admire any movie that sports La Femme Nikita’s Tcheky Karyo, thespian F. Murray Abraham, and madman Rutger Hauer on the same playing field.

This article appears in December 2 • 1994 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.