Ben-Hur

We're (unfortunately) off to the chariot races again

"...race is all anyone remembers from MGM’s nearly four-hour-long, Charlton Heston-starring Ben-Hur adaptation of 1959, the team behind this..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Armageddon

"...fun. And what other film this summer opens with Charlton Heston as the Voice of God intoning global doom?..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hercules

"...in the very opening scene, the august voice of Charlton Heston's narrator tells one of the gospel chorus Muses,..."

June 27, 1997 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Fast Times With Darondo

Doin' the splits with a lost soul singer

"...hamburgers on the way to Reno, and how a Charlton Heston line debunks those pesky pimp rumors...."

March 25, 2008 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Alaska

"...Directed by: Fraser C. Heston. Starring: Thora Birch, Vincent Kartheiser, Dirk Benedict, Charlton Heston,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Town & Country

"...Hawn, Garry Shandling, Jenna Elfman, Nastassja Kinski, Andie Mcdowell, Charlton Heston and Marian Seldes. Though Town & Country's title..."

May 4, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Solar Crisis

"...Directed by: Alan Smithee. Starring: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield, Corin Nemec..."

Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Touch of Evil

"...Directed by: Orson Welles. Starring: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff,..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bowling for Columbine

"...wraps up with Moore's depressing interview with NRA prez Charlton Heston. One can only wonder whether it was a..."

Nov. 1, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Planet of the Apes

"...Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Charlton Heston. As a tremendous fan of the 1968 original,..."

July 27, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

After a Fashion is people!

"...perhaps the most disturbing element of the movie's premise. Charlton Heston (commonly mistaken for Jesus) plays Detective Thorn –..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The special effects in this prequel may be infinitely more elaborate, but they hold little of the charm and "humanity" of the original.

"...weird, wild melange of time travel and anti-war sentiments, Charlton Heston at his Charlton Hestoniest, and a thrillingly unique,..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Scanlines

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

"...D: Alan Smithee (1990) with Tim Matheson, Corin Nemec, Charlton Heston, Jack Palance, Annabel Schofield, Peter Boyle...."

Aug. 6, 1999 Screens Feature

Hamlet

"...Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Gerard Depardieu, Charlton Heston, Derek Jacobi, Jack Lemmon, Rufus Sewell, Robin Williams..."

Jan. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Lucy Gallant

"...Lucy Gallant D: Robert Parrish (1955); with Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston, Claire Trevor, Thelma Ritter, William Demarest, Allan Shivers,..."

June 30, 2000 Screens Review by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Letters at 3AM

In 2002, cinema has been the healthiest of our arts. The movies' range and variety relieve what has otherwise been a bleak time for our culture and our Constitution.

"...film essay Bowling for Columbine will probably be 78-year-old Charlton Heston's last appearance on the big screen. Watching that..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1958, 95min/b&w, DCP) Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, and Orson Welles. Directed by Orson..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Risen

A Roman soldier is sent to track a rumor about the Christ's resurrection

"...Kings, the legitimate classic Spartacus, and even good old Charlton Heston and Vincent Price in Cecil B. DeMille’s cornball-eerie..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

San Andreas

This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a guffaw

"...Dwayne Johnson is no Ed Harris; he’s not even Charlton Heston.)..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Metallica: Through the Never

The 32-year-old British quartet is shown in depth that only begins with the 3-D.

"...Max series (also sprinkle in some L.A. wasteland from Charlton Heston’s indelible The Omega Man), director and fellow Angeleno..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez

Blackfish

Orcas exploited in the name of entertainment and free enterprise is bad business in the view of this doc.

"...tricks for the rubes puts you in mind of Charlton Heston’s plight in – I’m serious – Planet of..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

House

In this Christian horror film, a mad killer who claims to have slain God, torments two couples seeking shelter.

"...of any deity, much less the one who allowed Charlton Heston the lead in The Ten Commandments and The..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

If you're looking for escape, then the fourth installment in the beloved cliff-hanging archaeological-adventure franchise should fit the bill.

"...realistic giant Amazonian ants (a nod to the mid-Fifties Charlton Heston potboiler The Naked Jungle) and a vine-swinging sequence..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

I Am Legend

After a terrific start marked by the film's striking views of a desolate Manhattan island, Will Smith's mostly solo action movie devolves into a monster-movie malaise.

"...Earth with Vincent Price and The Omega Man starring Charlton Heston), Smith plays Robert Neville, a military immunologist who..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

After a Fashion

Where and with whom did Stephen sally forth this Fourth of July? And what else happened in town on this party weekend.

"...DeMille's 1956 movie The Ten Commandments, starring (who else?) Charlton Heston as Moses. In the years following the movie,..."

July 8, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bruce Almighty

"...a janitor's jumpsuit (Cecil B. De Mille never ordered Charlton Heston to push a broom around, but then, his..."

May 23, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Eight Legged Freaks

Giant spiders invade a small town in this fun B-movie throwback.

"...“Hey! Wasn't that …?”, like soldier ants marching on Charlton Heston in The Naked Jungle. As per the traditional..."

July 19, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...with Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, Charlton Heston, Ann-Margret, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Aaron Eckhart, Jim..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Scanlines

The Nine Best Video Releases of 1998

"...with Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Goldthwait, Paul Shaffer, Rip Torn, Lillias White, James Woods, Charlton Heston...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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