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Supporting Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated (part 2 of 5)

Oliver Reed as Athos in The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers (Richard Lester, 1973/1974, UK): These films were actually shot all at once but ultimately released as two separate films telling one long story. As the musketeer with a dark past, Oliver Reed provides a lot of the heart and soul in these very …

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47th Chicago Film Festival: ‘The Three Musketeers’ just isn’t worth it

The Three Musketeers Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson USA, 2011 Alexandre Dumas’ tale of the Three Musketeers is quite probably the quintessential swashbuckler. It’s been adapted countless times in countless different languages, and is a certifiable classic of adventure and intrigue. But this latest adaptation is a prime example of what happens when you give …

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Summer, Bloody Summer

  As our last thrilling episode ended in June, we had left poor, helpless, hapless Hollywood tied to railroad tracks with the July/August Express out of Union Station barreling down, dastardly Audience Disinterest at the throttle, henchman Audience Apathy throwing on more coal. But wait!  Are those cavalry bugles heard from just over the hill? …

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