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Daily Archives: September 30, 2026
Classic Film Review: “El Cid” (1961 — Still a Stiff?
Yup. That’s the answer to the rhetorical question posed by that bad-pun headline. Honestly, I’ve never understood any of the adoring or merely “tolerant” reviews of “El Cid,” a corpse of a corpse-on-horseback “history.” Charlton Heston, at his Big Man … Continue reading
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