Gladiator

These Coliseum slavery capers earned a Best Picture Oscar.

"...Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Richard Harris, Djimon Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, Oliver Reed, John Shrapnel, David Schofield and David Hemmings. Gladiator..."

May 12, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wolf

"...an unconvincing mishmash of Lon Chaney, Henry Hull, and Oliver Reed from assorted wolf films of the past. There's..."

June 24, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Natural Born Killers

Stone grabs our collective viscera and never lets go for the next two hours.

"...Directed by: Oliver Stone. Starring: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.,..."

Aug. 26, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Psychopaths

More murder and mayhem from Mickey Keating

"...the razor-opened vein of Rob Zombie, Natural Born Killers-era Oliver Stone, or David Lynch circa Lost Highway. He paints..."

Dec. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Cursed

Historical werewolf horror takes an innovative bite

"...the most aggressively and unexpectedly gruesome shapeshifter movie since Oliver Reed wrought carnal and carnivorous chaos in The Curse..."

Feb. 18, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Wolfman

This monster reboot disappoints terribly, making up in blood and entrails what it lacks in heart and soul.

"...full monster makeup looks way too much like … Oliver Reed in Curse of the Werewolf. There's plenty of..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Stephen remembers the bawdy Shelley Winters and goes to an all-girl affair!

"...dumping a champagne bucket of ice and water over Oliver Reed's head on The Tonight Show because of his..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Cold Creek Manor

Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone are home alone in a haunted house in this film that was not screened before press time.

"...Burnt Offerings, which took an urban family – dad Oliver Reed, mom Karen Black, and their young son –..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Funny Bones

"...Directed by: Peter Chelsom. Starring: Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, George Carl, Freddie Davies, Leslie Caron,..."

May 26, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Burn, Witch, Burn

The Pope still loathes Ken Russell's 'The Devils,' and with good reason

"...– sadly unseen in this otherwise unscathed cut – Oliver Reed's charred and fractured femur. Call me a classicist,..."

Sept. 22, 2013 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...Heston brought to his wry turn at Cardinal Richelieu. Oliver Reed's "dark charm" as Athos was no doubt bought..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gladiator

Gladiator: the most overhyped epic of the year.

"...Scott (2000); with Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed, Connie Nielsen...."

Dec. 8, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Oddities, Psychos, Unprofessionals, and More Weekday Events

Get out and get weird

"...kid and she gets a therapy retreat hosted by Oliver Reed, where she makes little anger babies who start..."

Oct. 18, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Fantastic Fest: The Creatures of the Night Make Beautiful Music in Bloodthirsty

Director Amelia Moses on the allure of the werewolf

"...been made legendary by a truly feral creation like Oliver Reed in Curse of the Werewolf, or the anima(l)tronic..."

Sept. 24, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival: The Lion’s Path

He is Nietzschean, hear him roar

"...members hoping for the therapeutic and gore-drenched histrionics of Oliver Reed’s Dr. Hal Raglan will come away disappointed; “the..."

Oct. 31, 2015 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Chronicle Recommends: Bird Movies

Let us give you the bird

"...Michael Crawford playing spy games with that legendary souse, Oliver Reed. – Kimberley Jones Blood Freak (1972)..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

DVDanger: 'Ginger Snaps'

The Fitzgerald sisters unleashed in the werewolf classic

"...of Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolf Man, or Oliver Reed in The Curse of the Werewolf, but understand..."

Aug. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Amazing Journey

Six from Britain's bad-boy directors

"...and Pete Townshend. Chief among them is an unhinged Oliver Reed (late of Russell's much-banned The Devils) as the..."

Oct. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Castlemania

One boy's induction into horror

"...yourself, alone, in the dark, and then tell me Oliver Reed's final moments don't freak you the hell out.)..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Tommy

"...Directed by: Ken Russell. Starring: Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Roger Daltrey, Elton John and Eric Clapton...."

June 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Clockwork Orange: Re-Sexing the Orange

It's a pretty cool choice to produce a stage version of such a popular filmed story as A Clockwork Orange, and while there's plenty of enthusiasm in the performance of this Fabulous and Ridiculous Theatre production, director AnnaCatherine Rutledge's transgendered take on the tale doesn't quite pull this raskazz into belief-suspending terrorism.

"...and the show-stealing Clay Towery exudes a fiendish Herbert Lom/Oliver Reed kind of vibe in his dual roles of..."

May 5, 2000 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Records

Jeff Beck

"...little firepower -- the Wacos, led by the notorious Oliver Reed doppelganger Jonboy Langford, have nevertheless gotten the action..."

March 12, 1999 Music Feature

Fade In

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival

"...made. So by having public screenings with people like Oliver Stone, Buck Henry, Bud Shrake, and Dennis Hopper doing..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Deep Six

"...now, right? Wrong. The Statesman's January 7 bio of Oliver Revell, the former FBI assistant director hired to investigate..."

Jan. 19, 1996 News Column

Naked City

"...District Judge Burt Carnes rejected a plea deal Fennell agreed to in May – wherein Fennell would plead guilty..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature

Fall Film Previews

September

"...D: Bigas Luna; with Romane Bohringer, Oliver Martinez, Aitana Sanchez Gijon, Didier Bezace, Aldo Maccione...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...budget request. Instead, they were prompted by far-right anti-choice Freedom Caucus member Rep. Matt Krause, R-Ft. Worth. As an..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Fuse Box by Day

Schedule

"...from writers Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen and director Oliver Butler..."

April 25, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...spree has often been revisited by Malick's admirers, including Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers) and Dominic Sena (Kalifornia). Unlike..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

Our Dinner With Tony

Wes Marshall and Mick Vann do dinner with a worldly renegade chef.

"...line at numerous NYC restaurants), and partied with Lou Reed and the Ramones at CBGB's. As if all this..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Food Feature by Wes Marshall

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